IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VIRATON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO105017
  • User Pedon ID: S2006MO105017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2006MO10517
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0724
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.7396111
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5778889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35N
  • Range: R15W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 420 feet E and 2207 feet S of the NE corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO105—Laclede
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO105—Laclede County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37092-F5—Oakland, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Allan Johnston, Gene Campbell, Fred Young, Duane Viele
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - VIRATON
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 17 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Jefferson City Dolomite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/12/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37092f5nw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

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    62 - 65

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—17

    17—65

    62—65

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    —48—

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    364.5

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    22

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 very coarse roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and 10.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03028; observed in pit, small
    BA—8 to 17 centimeters (3.1 to 6.7 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face and 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and 10.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03029; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—17 to 38 centimeters (6.7 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03030; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 70 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03031; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—50 to 62 centimeters (19.7 to 24.4 inches); 50 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat angular indurated chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03032; observed in pit, small
    2Btx—62 to 65 centimeters (24.4 to 25.6 inches); brittle; fragments.; observed in pit, small