IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Creldon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988MO167001M
  • User Pedon ID: 1988MO167001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8816701
  • 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: 37.6358000
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3218000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1120 feet S and 200 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 1120 feet north and 200 feet west of the NE corner of S3, T34N, R22W.
  • Map Unit: 70006—Creldon silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lewis Graves and Richard L. Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Mollic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Creldon
  • PSC - 53 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Creldon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 53 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: limestone, cherty
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/27/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—41

    53—152

    74—89

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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

    3

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    325

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU033900
    A—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU033901
    BE—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 60 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU033902
    Bt1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 60 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU033903
    2Btx—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine dark concretions and 15 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU033904
    3Bt2—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine dark concretions and 15 percent fine pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU033905
    3Bt3—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions and 1 percent fine pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions and 15 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU033906