IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowassie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO203010M
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO203010M
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9261310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31349
  • 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: 37.1500015
  • Std. Longitude: -91.6491699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T29N
  • Range: R6W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet E and 600 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 1,400 feet east and 600 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 31, T. 29 N., R. 6 W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-B6—Summersville, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JB, SVV
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowassie
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowassie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaquults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 54 Cation exchange capacity to clay ratio


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: sinkhole
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—8

    8—33

    33—152

    33—152

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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

    1

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    366

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    180

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 10 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047168
    E—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 7.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions and 35 percent medium irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047169
    Btg1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent medium irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 35 percent medium irregular dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047170
    Btg2—43 to 86 centimeters (16.9 to 33.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent medium irregular very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047171
    2Btg3—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent medium irregular gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions throughout and 35 percent medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU047172