IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gifford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988MO007018
  • User Pedon ID: 88MO007018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8800718
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 29848
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 39.1495306
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0304250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T50N
  • Range: R10W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet east and 490 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Audrain County: Located 200 ft E & 500 ft S of the NW corner of S 3, T 50 N, R 10 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO007—Audrain
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO007—Audrain County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39092-B1—Centralia NE, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gifford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39092b1se
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032637
    BA—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032638
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032639
    Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032640
    Bt3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032641
    Bt4—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032642
    2Bt5—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MU032643