IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sampsel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO117008m
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO117008m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9111708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33116
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 39.6805573
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7172241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T56N
  • Range: 2R5
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet south and 1200 feet east of northwest corner of
  • Location Description: 1,400 feet south and 1,200 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 9, T. 56 N., R. 25 W.
  • Map Unit: 10116—Sampsel silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO117—Livingston
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO117—Livingston County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: jbm
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/17/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • 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 sheet
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—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

    4

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    246

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041849; observed in pit, small
    A—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 33 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041850; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; 3 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 40 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 6 percent black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 26 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 26 percent faint very dark gray (N 3/0) organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041851; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 39 percent clay; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 26 percent distinct dark gray (N 4/0) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041852; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 40 percent clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 6 percent distinct dark gray (N 4/0) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041853; observed in pit, small
    Btg4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 36 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 6 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU041854; observed in pit, small