IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darwin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053014
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905314
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26923
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024
  • 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: 38.9362778
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5445250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R15W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2600' E and 1700' S of NW corner
  • Map Unit: 66079—Darwin silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO053—Cooper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO053—Cooper County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-H5—Rocheport, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker, Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine Vertic Haplaquolls
  • 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 - Darwin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/8/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darwin
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    25—114

    25—152

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    —-

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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

    1

    176.2

    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU012925; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.8 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU012926; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU012927; observed in pit, small
    Bg3—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and 50 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) exterior silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU012928; observed in pit, small
    Bg4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MU012929; observed in pit, small