IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keswick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO019004
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO019004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9201904
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34302
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.2425421
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4066909
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R13W
  • Section: 5
  • Location Description: 1200 feet east and 1300 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 5, T.51N.,R.13W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CCK
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keswick
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • 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

    0—23

    23—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

    11

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    270

    914

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044113
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044114
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 35 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044115
    Bt2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044116
    Bt3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 coarse roots; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044117. (Note: There is a band of calcium carbonates at 48-50 inches.)
    Bt4—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044118
    BC—137 to 185 centimeters (53.9 to 72.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 60 percent clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent carbonate coats on faces of peds; 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU044119