IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sampsel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO167059M
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO167059
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9016759
  • 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: 42.7430556
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2977778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet E and 975 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 1150 feet east and 975 feet north of the Southwest corner of section 31, T. 35 N., R. 21 W.
  • Map Unit: 70039—Sacville silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Max Aldrich, Richard L. Henderson and John Bowers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1989 (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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—203

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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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    312

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039426
    Btg1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039427
    Btg2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039428
    2Btg3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 60 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039429
    2Btg4—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 4 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 4 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039430
    3Btg5—117 to 165 centimeters (46.1 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) very gravelly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 4 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039431
    3Btg6—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) very cobbly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent distinct organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone-siltstone fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU039432