IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonsac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO209243M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO209243
  • User Site Association ID: 8357
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 93-20
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Transect Interval - 50.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9320940
  • 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: 36.6344444
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3738889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T23N
  • Range: R23W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet N and 1250 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 500 feet north and 1250 feet east of the southwest corner of section 36, T. 23 N., R. 23 W.
  • Map Unit: 73128—Gobbler-Sonsac complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO209—Stone
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO209—Stone County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Scott Eversoll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Sonsac
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonsac
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/1993
  • 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: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.10 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: D4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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—25

    25—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

    14

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    305

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    90

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 11.0 very fine roots throughout and 11.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049010
    E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent faint skeletans on faces of peds and 60 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds; 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049011. continuous - phpvsfiid 157210; patchy - phpvsfiid 160356; continuous - phpvsfiid 157210; patchy - phpvsfiid 160356
    Bt1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 6 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent faint skeletans on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049012. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157211; patchy - phpvsfiid 157212; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157211; patchy - phpvsfiid 157212
    2Bt2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) very gravelly clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049013. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157213; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157213
    2Bt3—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049014. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157214; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157214
    2R—69 centimeters (27.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.