IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilderness
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO057029M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO057029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9105729
  • 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: 37.4282333
  • Std. Longitude: -93.8887194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet E and 1200 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 2200 ft. east and 1200 ft. south of the northwest corner of sec. 15, T 31 N, R 27 W
  • Map Unit: 73010—Wilderness gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • 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: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • PSC - 8 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 8 to 56 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—8

    8—178

    56—86

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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

    3

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    331

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    40

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very cobbly silt loam; strong fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040724
    Bt1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very cobbly silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; very friable; 6.0 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040725
    Bt2—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very cobbly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040726
    2Btx1—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) very cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040727
    2Btx2—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040728
    3Bt3—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) extremely gravelly clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040729
    3Bt4—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040730
    3Bt5—130 to 178 centimeters (51.2 to 70.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU040731