IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO167061M
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO167061
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9016761
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 37.7411990
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2934040
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2350 feet E and 1950 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 2350 feet east and 1950 south of the northwest corner of Sec. 31, T. 35 N., R. 21 W.
  • Map Unit: 73008—Viraton silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes73008—Viraton silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37093-F3—Polk, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Henderson and John Bowers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • PSC - 28 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over pedisediment over residuum weathered from limestone and dolomite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: limestone, cherty
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1989 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    61 - 102

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—15

    15—152

    61—102

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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

    4

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    308

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039433
    Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-20-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039434
    Bt2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout and common (3.0) coarse roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-20-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039435
    2Btx1—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; few (0.5) fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron depletions; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-20-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU039436
    2Btx2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron depletions; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-20-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU039437
    3Bt—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent by volume subrounded 2-20-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU039438