IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Useful
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO125019M
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO125019
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 1
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Transect Interval - 40.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9512519
  • 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: 38.9672644
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3446122
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hudson Ranch property
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO125—Maries
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Davis Brad Berhorst Wyn Kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Useful
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from dolomite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2C
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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—10

    10—142

    142—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

    6

    —

    —

    241

    —

    120

    991

    —

    —

    12.8

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    —

    13.9

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053616
    Bt1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.8 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053617. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145344; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145344
    Bt2—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout and 20 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053618. thick accumulation of silt coats on horizontal ped faces at the base of horizon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145345; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145345
    2Btx1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 10 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 40 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053619. roots occur along vertical ped faces; 50% brittleness expressed in browner section of matrix; continuous - phpvsfiid 145346; continuous - phpvsfiid 145347; continuous - phpvsfiid 145348; continuous - phpvsfiid 145346; continuous - phpvsfiid 145347; continuous - phpvsfiid 145348
    2Btx2—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.8 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 2 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053620. roots occur along vertical ped faces; 40% brittleness expressed in browner section of matrix.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145349; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145350; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145349; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145350
    3Bt3—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 50 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU053621. continuous - phpvsfiid 145352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145351; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145353; continuous - phpvsfiid 145352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145351; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145353
    3Bt4—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU053622. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145355; continuous - phpvsfiid 145354; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145355; continuous - phpvsfiid 145354
    3Bt5—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU053623. chert stone line from 1 to 3 inches thick at top of horizon (85% gravel).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145357; continuous - phpvsfiid 145356; continuous - phpvsfiid 145358; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145357; continuous - phpvsfiid 145356; continuous - phpvsfiid 145358
    3R—142 centimeters (55.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.