IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hepler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO057035
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO057035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9405703
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33207
  • 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: 37.3927778
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0791667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R29W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet E and 250 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 200 feet east and 250 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 25, T. 31 N., R. 29 W.
  • Map Unit: 46002—Hepler silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Burney and Richard Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Mollic Endoaqualfs
  • 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 - Hepler
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hepler
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Mollic Endoaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    23—41

    41—152

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    —-

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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

    309

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049715
    E—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine and fine roots; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and distinct silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent coarse dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049716
    Btg1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds and distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049717
    Btg2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on faces of peds and prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049718
    Btg3—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on faces of peds and prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049719
    Btg4—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds and distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine light brownish gray (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049720
    Btg5—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on faces of peds and prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU049721