IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonsac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO209209M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO209209
  • User Site Association ID: 8367
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 93-3
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 15.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9320908
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 36.6934944
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3156750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T23N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet W and 2150 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1500 feet west and 2150 feet north of the south east corner of section 16, T. 23 N., R. 22 W.
  • Map Unit: 70035—Sonsac-Gobbler complex, 15 to 20 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO209—Stone
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO209—Stone County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Scott Eversoll and Ken L. Gregg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonsac
  • PSC - 23 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gatewood
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: D2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—23

    23—69

    69—0

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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

    17

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    296

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    270

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048923
    E—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 11.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 6 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) skeletans on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048924. patchy - phpvsfiid 157079; patchy - phpvsfiid 157079
    Bt1—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 6 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 39 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048925. patchy - phpvsfiid 157080; patchy - phpvsfiid 157080
    Bt2—36 to 67 centimeters (14.2 to 26.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 18 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 55 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048926. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157081; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157081
    2Bt3—67 to 72 centimeters (26.4 to 28.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 6 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron stains on faces of peds and 28 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU048927. patchy - phpvsfiid 157083; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157082; patchy - phpvsfiid 157083; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157082
    2R—72 centimeters (28.3 inches); bedrock; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments.