IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Townhole
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO119024M
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO119024
  • User Site Association ID: 8414
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 95-08
  • Transect Stop Number - 9
  • Transect Interval - 67.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9511924
  • 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: 36.7297222
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1966667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T23N
  • Range: R30W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet S and 1600 feet W of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 2600' S, & 1600' W, of the NW corner of Sec. 8 T.23N. R.30W.
  • Map Unit: 71257—Townhole-Aslinger complex, karst, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO119—McDonald
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO119—McDonald County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KLG, JAW, JSE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • 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 - Townhole
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Townhole
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: strath terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8D
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    0—25

    25—203

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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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    383

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 15.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053382
    E—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 15.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 17 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053383
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 15.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053384. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150146; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150147; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150146; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150147
    Bt2—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 15.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent black stains and 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053385. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150148; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150148
    2Bt3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent black stains and 20 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) masses of dark accumulation; 50 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU053386. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150150; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150150
    3Bt4—86 to 147 centimeters (33.9 to 57.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent black stains and 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans in root channels and/or pores and 40 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) masses of dark accumulation; 25 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 55 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU053387
    3Bt5—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent black stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) masses of dark accumulation; 10 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # MU053388. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150177; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150177