IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988MO167014M
  • User Pedon ID: 1988MO167014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8816714
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.7288306
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2654472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet S and 200 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 950 feet south and 200 feet west of the NE corner of S6, T34N., R21W.
  • Map Unit: 70008—Goss gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 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-loamy, siliceous Oxyaquic 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 - Viraton
  • PSC - 18 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1988
  • 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: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1988 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—18

    18—152

    56—76

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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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    287

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam, silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU033965
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU033966
    Bt2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU033967
    2Btx—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely cobbly loam; massive; very firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 70 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU033968
    3Bt3—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU033969
    3Bt4—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU033970
    3Bt5—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU033971