IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987MO001006
  • User Pedon ID: 1987MO001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8700106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36704
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 40.3286359
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5549002
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T64N
  • Range: R15W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 27
  • Location Description: 200 feet west and 475 feet south of the northeast corner of section 27, T 64N R 15W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO001—Adair
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lee and Remley
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • Plant Association Name: Cool season Grasses
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    0—13

    13—91

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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

    19

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    285

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031131. (1 percent fine gravel)
    Bt1—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031132. (1 percent fine gravel) Note: Clay loam was used as the texture for this horizon in the series write-up.
    Bt2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031133. (1 percent fine gravel); continuous - phpvsfiid 54539; continuous - phpvsfiid 54539
    Bt3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and prominent black stains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031134. (1 percent fine gravel); continuous - phpvsfiid 54540; continuous - phpvsfiid 54541; continuous - phpvsfiid 54540; continuous - phpvsfiid 54541
    Bk—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse and light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse mottles; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU031135. (1 percent fine gravel; moderately alkaline.)
    Bk—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # MU031136