IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053036
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905336
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27283
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 38.8643611
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5314167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T47N
  • Range: R15W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1800' E, 950' S of NW Corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO053—Cooper
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-G5—Prairie Home, 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 - 4/1/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menfro
  • Classificaton Date - 12/8/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess over fine-silty residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/8/1988 (actual site observation 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—119

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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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    243.8

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015436; observed in pit, small
    Bt—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 1 percent distinct silt coats; 1 percent fine indurated cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015437; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 18 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015438; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015439; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 1 percent distinct organic stains and 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015440; observed in pit, small
    Bt5—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 1 percent distinct organic stains and 10 percent distinct silt coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015441; observed in pit, small
    C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 15 percent distinct silt coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # MU015442; observed in pit, small