IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Union
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO151027M
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO151027
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1995MO151027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9215135
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024
  • 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: 38.3539000
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0626917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T42N
  • Range: R10W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet N and 250 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Deeken property-1800 feet north and 250 feet east of the SW corner of Sec. 29, T42N, R10W
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO151—Osage
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO151—Osage County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-C1—Argyle, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Davis Wyn Kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • 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 - Union
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/21/2012
  • Classifier - J.R. Perkins
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Union
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over pedisediment over residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Jefferson City Dolomite formation of the Ordovician group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 33
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    JUNI

    LOAR10

    QUMA3

    QUST

    THUJA

    Carya

    Juglans nigra

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Quercus marilandica

    Quercus stellata

    Thuja

    hybrid hickory

    black walnut

    tall fescue

    blackjack oak

    post oak

    arborvitae

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    76 - 135

    - 59 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    fragipan

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—23

    23—203

    58—76

    76—135

    76—135

    135—203

    135—203

    —253—

    —180—

    —18—

    —59—

    —59—

    —68—

    —68—

    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

    265.2

    0

    991

    12.8

    13.9

    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many (8.0) very fine roots throughout and many (8.0) fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046019
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; many (8.0) very fine roots throughout and many (8.0) fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046020. 50% mixing with underlying horizon.
    Bt1—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; many (6.0) very fine roots between peds and common (4.0) fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046021. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148612; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148612
    Bt2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) very fine roots between peds and common (3.0) fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout and 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions between peds and 25 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU046023. continuous - phpvsfiid 145365; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145364; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145366; continuous - phpvsfiid 145365; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145364; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145366
    2Btx1—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior extremely gravelly silt loam; 21 percent clay; massive; very firm; brittle; few (0.8) very fine roots between peds; 0.8 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent faint black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron between peds; 60 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046024. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145368; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145368
    2Btx2—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior extremely cobbly loam; 19 percent clay; massive; extremely firm; brittle; 5 percent faint black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU046026. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145369; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145370; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145369; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145370
    3Bt—135 to 203 centimeters (53.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; 73 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent faint 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 prominent irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter. Lab sample # MU046027. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145371; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145372; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145371; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145372