IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hepler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO097007
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO097007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9309707
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33204
  • 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: 37.2511111
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5608333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R33W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 3200 feet S and 100 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: SW1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4 Sec.8 T32N R33W 3200 ft. South 100 ft. East from NW corner of Sec8
  • Map Unit: 46002—Hepler silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO097—Jasper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO097—Jasper County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alan Peer, Dan Owens, Kevin Hess, Don Gastineau, Camille Graves
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hepler
  • PSC - 48 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hepler
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11
  • 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: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—79

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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

    0

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    262

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047804; moist when described;
    Btg1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent distinct black stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047805; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 149927; patchy - phpvsfiid 149928; patchy - phpvsfiid 149927; patchy - phpvsfiid 149928
    Btg2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, black stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU047806; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 149929; patchy - phpvsfiid 158855; patchy - phpvsfiid 149929; patchy - phpvsfiid 158855
    Btg3—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, black stains in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU047807; moist when described;. 3% vertical streaks of silt (10YR 7/2), 3-10mm wide extending through horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 149948; continuous - phpvsfiid 158856; patchy - phpvsfiid 149948; continuous - phpvsfiid 158856
    Btg4—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron stains in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU047808; moist when described;. 3% vertical streaks of silt (10yr 7/2), 3-10mm wide extending through horizon.; continuous - phpvsfiid 149949; patchy - phpvsfiid 149950; continuous - phpvsfiid 149949; patchy - phpvsfiid 149950
    Ab—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron stains in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047809; moist when described;. 3% vertical streaks of silt (10yr 7/2 ), 3-10mm wide extending through horizon; continuous - phpvsfiid 158857; patchy - phpvsfiid 158858; continuous - phpvsfiid 158857; patchy - phpvsfiid 158858
    Btb1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron stains in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047810; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 150027; patchy - phpvsfiid 150028; continuous - phpvsfiid 150027; patchy - phpvsfiid 150028
    127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # MU047811
    Btb1—150 to 168 centimeters (59.1 to 66.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU047812
    Btb3—168 to 188 centimeters (66.1 to 74.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 5 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU047813
    Btgb4—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU047814. 15% rounded gravels at 66 inches