IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Viraton
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1991MO057034M
User Pedon ID:
1991MO057034
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M9105734
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:
37.4219111
Std. Longitude:
-93.8587861
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T31N
Range:
R27W
Section:
16
PLSS Details:
1000 feet N and 2400 feet W of the SE corner
Location Description:
1000 ft. north and 2400 ft. west of the southeast corner of sec. 16, T 31 N, R 27 W.
Map Unit:
73008—Viraton silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
State:
Missouri
County:
MO057—Dade
MLRA:
116B—Springfield Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO057—Dade County, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
Max Aldrich, Charles Harwood and R. D. Chorice
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Viraton
PSC -
20 to 70 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/18/2012
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Viraton
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
20 to 70 cm.
Classificaton Date -
6/12/1991
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loess and/or slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
Landscape:
plateau
Landform:
interfluve
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Bedrock:
limestone, cherty
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/12/1991 (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
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
0—20
20—132
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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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326
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40
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Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040754
BE—15 to 15 centimeters (5.9 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040755
Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 4 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040756
Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040757
2Btx1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040758
2Btx2—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040759
3Bt3—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and gray (10YR 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 20 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 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040760
3Bt4—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU040761