IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO153018M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO153018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9315318
  • 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: 36.5243000
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4540250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T21N
  • Range: R14W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet W and 1800 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 2500 feet west and 1800 feet north of the SE corner, Sec. 1, T. 21 N., R. 14 W.
  • Map Unit: 73015—Viraton silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO153—Ozark
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO153—Ozark County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Buddy Festervand, Gene Campbell, Tony Dohmen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • PSC - 38 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scholten
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • PSC - 38 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 17.799999 percent of Percent clay in the control section


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or gravelly loess and/or pedisediment and/or residuum
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Cotter-jeff City formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6-5
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    fragipan

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    64 -

    - 46 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—38

    38—203

    64—109

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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

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    360

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    93

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048503
    BE—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048504
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048505
    Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048506
    Bt3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 20 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 25 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048507
    2Btx—64 to 109 centimeters (25.2 to 42.9 inches); 65 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) very cobbly silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048508
    3Bt4—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); 35 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 35 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) very cobbly silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats and 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048509
    3Bt5—130 to 203 centimeters (51.2 to 79.9 inches); 45 percent dark red (10R 3/6) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) gravelly silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats and 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU048510