IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Luton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987MO005016m
  • User Pedon ID: 1987MO005016m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8700516
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27268
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024
  • 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: 40.3244444
  • Std. Longitude: -95.5269444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T64N
  • Range: R41W
  • Section: 28
  • Location Description: 700 feet north and 1,600 feet west of the southwest corner of sec. 28, T. 64 N., R. 41 W
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO005—Atchison
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: entered by BE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Luton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Luton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine granular structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015332
    A1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed and very dark gray (N 3/0), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015333
    A2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (N 2/0) and 5 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015334
    Bg1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine masses of dark accumulation and 25 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015335
    Bg2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015336
    Cg1—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent nonintersecting slickensides; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015337
    Cg2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent nonintersecting slickensides; 10 percent fine faint olive (5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU015338