IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weller
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO053038
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO053038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9005338
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30913
  • 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: 38.9062778
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8935000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R18W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 270' N and 1550' W of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 60234—Weller silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO053—Cooper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO053—Cooper County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-H8—Pilot Grove North, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Baker, Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weller
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weller
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/2005 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    33—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

    2

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    249.9

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037609; observed in pit, small
    E—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037610; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037611; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037612; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037613; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037614; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # MU037615; observed in pit, small