IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO167136M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO167136
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9116720
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.7764110
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1901690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet N and 300 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1100 feet north and 300 feet west of the southeast corner of Sec. 13, T. 35 N., R. 21 W. wirepasture.
  • Map Unit: 73008—Viraton silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37093-G2—Urbana, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard L. Henderson, Richard McBee and John Bowers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • 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 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lebanon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/26/1991
  • 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: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/26/1991 (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—20

    20—157

    69—112

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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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    180

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015142
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015143
    Bt1—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015144
    Bt2—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015145
    2Btx—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015146
    3Bt3—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU015147