IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO019054
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO019054
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9201954
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34273
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 38.6894825
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3022836
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R12W
  • Section: 8
  • Location Description: 540' upstream then 180' uphill to right from N. corner fence post of lagoon: 2500' E. and 1300' N. of SW. corner of sec. 8 T45N., R12W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Osborne
  • 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 - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/14/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 50
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 0.7 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044334
    BE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044335
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 20 percent distinct silt coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044336
    Bt2—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 20 percent distinct silt coats and 40 percent faint clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044337
    Bt3—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.7 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 20 percent distinct silt coats and 40 percent faint clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044338
    2Bt4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.7 fine to coarse roots; 25 percent faint clay films and 25 percent distinct silt coats; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU044339