IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilderness
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO057023M
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO057023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905723
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 37.4688889
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9172222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet N and 800 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 2400 ft. north and 800 ft. west of the southeast corner of sec. 32, T. 32 N., R. 27 W.
  • Map Unit: 73010—Wilderness gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37093-D8—Lockwood, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. D. Chorice, Charles Harwood and Max Aldrich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • PSC - 51 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 51 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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—8

    8—51

    51—152

    69—91

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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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    120

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035342
    E—8 to 51 centimeters (3.1 to 20.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU035343
    Bt1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU035344
    2Btx—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 4 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU035345. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 156186; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 156186
    3Bt2—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035346
    3Bt3—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU035347