IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Viraton
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1991MO057035M
User Pedon ID:
1991MO057035
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M9105735
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:
37.4264278
Std. Longitude:
-93.9055167
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T31N
Range:
R27W
Section:
16
PLSS Details:
2500 feet W and 2400 feet S of the NE corner
Location Description:
2500 ft. west and 2400 ft. south of the northeast 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, 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 -
Viraton
PSC -
30 to 69 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/18/2012
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Viraton
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
30 to 69 cm.
Classificaton Date -
6/24/1991
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:
6/24/1991 (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
fragipan
0—30
30—173
69—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
2
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322
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40
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040762
AB—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; strong medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040763
Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040764
Bt2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040765
2Btx—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040766
3Bt3—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) extremely stony clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040767
3Bt4—124 to 173 centimeters (48.8 to 68.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very stony clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU040768