IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MENFRO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2008MO219005
  • User Pedon ID: 2008MO219005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2008MO219005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0821905
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25785
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.6431111
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1835000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO219—Warren
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO603—Montgomery and Warren Counties, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-F2—Treloar, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Meinert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MENFRO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 10 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Holocene Stage fine-silty loess derived from aa lava
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091f2
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FESTU

    Festuca

    fescue

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    6

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004901; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 12 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004902; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 12 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004903; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004904; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 10.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 12 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004905; observed in pit, small
    Bt5—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 10.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004906; observed in pit, small
    Bt6—165 to 208 centimeters (65.0 to 81.9 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 10.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # MU004907; observed in pit, small