IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053004
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905304
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31008
  • 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: 39.0203889
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9211389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T49N
  • Range: R18W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 900' south 100' east of NW corner
  • Map Unit: 60024—Menfro silt loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO053—Cooper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO053—Cooper County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39092-A8—Arrow Rock, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker, Greg Caldwell, Dave Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Menfro
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menfro
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/2004 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—122

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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

    5

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    204.2

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035003; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 85 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035004; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 36 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035005; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 38 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035006; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 39 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035007; observed in pit, small
    Bt5—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 11 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035008; observed in pit, small
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silt loam; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 20 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # MU035009; observed in pit, small