IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO167159M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO167159
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9216701
  • 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: 37.5075810
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1885360
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet N and 2400 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1100 feet north and 2400 feet west of the southeast corner of Sec. 12, T. 32 N., R. 21 W.
  • 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-E2—Halfway, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard L. Henderson, Richard McBee, John E. Bowers, and Larry Kickler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Fragiudults
  • 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 - 20 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lebanon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/1991
  • 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: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/4/1991 (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—20

    20—152

    58—137

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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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    387

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015929
    Bt1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015930
    Bt2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine red (2.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 10 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3) iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015931
    2Btx1—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak medium platy structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015932
    2Btx2—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent fine gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015933
    3Bt3—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU015934