IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO099212
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO099212
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9409909
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27442
  • 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: 38.3250534
  • Std. Longitude: -90.6312227
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cedar hill Quad, Klossner Farm
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO099—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Dodd, Dave Skaer, Chuck Harwood
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • Classificaton Date - 2/4/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/4/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 34N
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    7

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    152

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    293

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016402
    BE—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 13 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 6 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016403
    Bt1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 16 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 16 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 6 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016404
    Bt2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 16 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 16 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 26 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016405
    Bt3—86 to 137 centimeters (33.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 16 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 6 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016406
    Bt4—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 16 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 13 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter. Lab sample # MU016407