IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McGirk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987MO195030m
  • User Pedon ID: 1987MO195030m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8719530
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36557
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 39.0278168
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0082474
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T49N
  • Range: R19
  • Section: 16
  • Location Description: 100 feet south and 1,700 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 16, T. 49 N., R. 19 W
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO195—Saline
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: rh, jb, gc
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McGirk
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McGirk
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1987 (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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032220
    E—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032221
    Btg1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032222
    Btg2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032223
    Btg31—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032224
    Btg32—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # MU032225
    Btg4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU032226