IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sikeston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO143002
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO143002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8914302
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30853
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 36.8173904
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6391373
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 86063a—Sikeston sandy clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO143—New Madrid
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO143—New Madrid County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36089-G6—Morehouse, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.L. Brown, D.G. Sprankle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sikeston
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sikeston
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    0—46

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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

    0.1

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    90.8

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035789
    A1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; firm; 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035790
    A2—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU035791
    ACg1—84 to 127 centimeters (33.1 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035792
    ACg2—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035793
    2C—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; coarse sand; structureless massive; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. Lab sample # MU035794