IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonsac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO209255M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO209255
  • User Site Association ID: 8359
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 93-22
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 70.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9320952
  • 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: 36.5961111
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3686111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T22N
  • Range: R23W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1625 feet S and 800 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 1625 feet south and 800 feet west of the northeast corner of section 24, T. 22 N., R. 23 W.
  • Map Unit: 73127—Gobbler-Sonsac complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • 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: Ken Gregg, Scott Eversoll and John Bowers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonsac
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonsac
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: E5
  • 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—15

    33—89

    89—0

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    4

    314

    217

    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049076
    E—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 11.0 coarse roots throughout; 8 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049077. patchy - phpvsfiid 157279; patchy - phpvsfiid 157279
    BE—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 11.0 coarse roots throughout; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) masses of dark accumulation between peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049078. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 160370; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 160370
    2Bt1—34 to 52 centimeters (13.4 to 20.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 11.0 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent distinct black stains on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049079. patchy - phpvsfiid 160371; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 160372; patchy - phpvsfiid 160373; patchy - phpvsfiid 160371; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 160372; patchy - phpvsfiid 160373
    2Bt2—52 to 90 centimeters (20.5 to 35.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent distinct black stains on faces of peds and 25 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) masses of dark accumulation between peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049080. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 160375; patchy - phpvsfiid 160374; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 160375; patchy - phpvsfiid 160374
    2R—90 centimeters (35.4 inches); bedrock; fragments.