IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zaar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012MO217002
  • User Pedon ID: S2012MO217002
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 - Natric Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0438
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72815
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 38.0427778
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4741111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S 29, T 38N, R 32W
  • Map Unit: 40095—Zaar silty clay, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO217—Vernon
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO217—Vernon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38094-A4—Sprague, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zaar
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Marmaton Group formation of the Pennsylvanian group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: G. Campbell
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    slickensides

    reduced matrix

    0—84

    34—203

    34—203

    34—160

    84—203

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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

    4

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    251.2

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    270

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; many (10.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01816
    A2—18 to 34 centimeters (7.1 to 13.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; many (10.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01817
    Bw1—34 to 53 centimeters (13.4 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on top faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01818
    Bw2—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on top faces of peds; 5 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01819
    Bwg1—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on top faces of peds; 10 percent fine olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01820
    Bwg2—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on top faces of peds; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01821
    Bwg3—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # 13N01822