IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilderness
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO057028M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO057028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9105728
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 37.4300000
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3875000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet S and 2500 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 1200 ft. south and 2500 ft. east of the northwest corner of sec. 15, T 31 N, R 27 W
  • Map Unit: 73065—Wilderness very cobbly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, 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: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • PSC - 33 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/1991 (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

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—33

    33—193

    58—84

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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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    329

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    30

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very cobbly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040716
    E—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate thin platy parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040717
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) very cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 4 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040718. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 153660; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 153660
    Bt2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 4 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040719. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 153388; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 153388
    2Btx—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) extremely gravelly clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak thin platy structure; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040720. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 153389; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 153389
    3Bt3—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040721. continuous - phpvsfiid 153742; continuous - phpvsfiid 153742
    3Bt4—130 to 178 centimeters (51.2 to 70.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU040722. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 153744; continuous - phpvsfiid 153743; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 153744; continuous - phpvsfiid 153743
    3Bt5—178 to 193 centimeters (70.1 to 76.0 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # MU040723