IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO019025
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO019025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9201925
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27253
  • 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: 38.9594639
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5374033
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R14W
  • Section: 7
  • Location Description: 300 feet north and 1600 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 7, T.48N.,R.14W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FJY
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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 - Menfro
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/26/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/26/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 27
  • 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
  • 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

    5

    45

    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015228
    E—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015229
    Bt1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.7 fine and medium roots; 20 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015230
    Bt2—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU015231
    Bt3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 20 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) on vertical faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU015232
    Bt4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.7 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015233
    BC—152 to 188 centimeters (59.8 to 74.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; very friable; 0.7 very fine roots; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015234
    C—188 to 218 centimeters (74.0 to 85.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; very friable; 0.7 very fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # MU015235