IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO091167M
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO091167
  • User Site Association ID: 8032
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 59C-1
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 100.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9509137
  • 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: 36.5016460
  • Std. Longitude: -92.1183240
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 73198—Gressy-Viraton complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO091—Howell
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO091—Howell County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36092-E1—Caulfield, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MJM, SFP, JDP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • PSC - 10 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • PSC - 10 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or pedisediment and/or residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—10

    10—152

    41—76

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    250

    —

    330

    1067

    —

    —

    13.3

    23.9

    1.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed gravelly silt loam; moderate coarse granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053071
    Bt1—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.9 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats throughout and 15 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron stains throughout and 35 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 8 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053072
    Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine to coarse vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron stains throughout and 75 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats throughout; 1 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU053073
    2Btx—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face extremely gravelly loam; weak very coarse platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely firm*, strongly cemented; brittle; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 15 percent prominent black (N 2/0), moist, iron stains throughout and 35 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films throughout and 75 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU053074. 70 percent brittle.
    3Bt3—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); 70 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face clay; strong medium angular blocky parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU053075. 11 inches between vertical seams. 80 percent brittle matrix.
    3Bt4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face clay; strong very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU053076