IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parsons
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO057012
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO057012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905712
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33491
  • 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: 37.4042361
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0657111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R29W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet S and 1300 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 150 ft. south and 1300 ft. west of norhteast corner sec. 25, T. 31 N., R. 29 W.
  • Map Unit: 40008—Parsons silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Max Aldrich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parsons
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parsons
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or colluvium and/or residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    albic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—41

    41—48

    41—178

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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

    2

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    319

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    170

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035310
    Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035311
    E—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt coats; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035312
    Bt1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035313
    Bt2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035314
    Bt3—97 to 145 centimeters (38.2 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035315
    Bt4—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU035316