IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO057022M
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO057022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905722
  • 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: 37.4742139
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9221750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet S and 800 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 1750 ft. south and 800 ft. west of the northeast corner of sec. 32, T 32 N, R 27 W.
  • Map Unit: 73008—Viraton silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lewis Graves and R. D. Chorice
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • 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 - 25 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or slope alluvium and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: limestone, cherty
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1989 (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

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—25

    8—15

    25—152

    74—152

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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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    322

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    70

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium and coarse roots; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035333
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035334
    BE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035335
    Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 coarse roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035336
    Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035337
    Bt3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 60 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU035338
    2Btx1—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) gravelly silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU035339
    2Btx2—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/2) extremely gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 10 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 25 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU035340
    2Btx3—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and light gray (10YR 7/2) gravelly loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 25 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats and 60 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # MU035341