IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grundy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957MO025003
  • User Pedon ID: S1957MO025003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2715
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37299
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.6069756
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1360626
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 55N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: Near center of SW 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO025—Caldwell
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO025—Caldwell County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39094-E2—Elmira, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. S. Allen, F. J. Carlisle, H. E. Grogger, Robert Hamby, and Ed Hughes.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grundy
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1p—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21263
    A3—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A21264. tendency toward cloddy or fragmental structure, mottles occur mostly in a fine dendritic pattern (like fine fibrous root pattern).
    B21—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine faint and 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint and 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine mottles; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A21265. scattered very fine sand grains visible on ped surfaces.
    B22—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); silty clay; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) on faces of peds and distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A21266. few fine dark reddish brown oxide concretions mainly 1 mm diameter; a few sand grains are present.; continuous - phpvsfiid 176797; continuous - phpvsfiid 176797
    B23—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky, and medium and coarse prismatic structure; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A21267. few fine yellowish red and black oxide accumulations; discontinuous clay skins present on horizontal and vertical ped faces and in tubular pores; slickensides are present and are orientated at an angle to the horizontal but more nearly horizontal than vertical; occasional sand grains are present but some less than in horizon 6 and much less than in horizons 7 and 8.
    B24—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak coarse angular blocky parts to medium prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A21268. common to few soft dark oxide accumulations about 1 mm in diameter; pore fillings within peds; discontinuous clay skins on vertical and horizontal ped surfaces and in tubular pores are predominantly very dark gray (10YR 3/1) to dark gray (10YR 4/1) in color; occasional coarse sand grains and gravel-size rock fragments.
    C11—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky parts to massive; firm; 0.5 tubular pores; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A21269. stickier than horizon 6 and has slightly more clay than horizon 8; clay skins on horizontal and vertical surfaces; oxides as in horizon below; pores 0.07 to 1 mm. in diameter mostly lined with clay films; some coarse sand and fine gravel fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 176799; patchy - phpvsfiid 176799
    C12—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21270. occasional cleavage planes; few soft dark oxide accumulations 2 to 3 mm. across; pores 0.07 to 1 mm. in diameter; occasional coarse sand and gravel fragments—some of granitic composition. This horizon extends to about 63 inches but was sampled between 45 and 57 inches. (Hamby estimated the texture to be a heavy clay loam and Carlisle's estimate was a medium clay loam.)
    160 to 191 centimeters (63.0 to 75.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) prominent mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21271. clay is gritty; occasional pebbles about 1/2 inch in diameter.
    191 to 236 centimeters (75.2 to 92.9 inches); clay; gray (5Y 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21272. clay is gritty.
    236 to 274 centimeters (92.9 to 107.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) prominent mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21273. clay is gritty; large prominent oxide accumulations increase in abundance with depth; some more sandy pockets occur in lower part.