IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Townhole
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO119052M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO119052
  • User Site Association ID: 8437
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 96-03
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 528.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9611914
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 36.7444611
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1658722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 71256—Townhole-Aslinger complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO119—McDonald
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO119—McDonald County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JSE, KLG, & JAW.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Townhole
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum and/or slope alluvium
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/2/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8A
  • 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

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    0—18

    18—203

    61—76

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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

    4

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    332

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 11.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055626
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); 75 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 11.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055627. patchy - phpvsfiid 154794; patchy - phpvsfiid 154794
    Bt2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 7.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055628. patchy - phpvsfiid 154795; patchy - phpvsfiid 154795
    Bt3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); 65 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 35 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 70 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055629. patchy - phpvsfiid 154796; patchy - phpvsfiid 154796
    Bt4—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); 95 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) extremely gravelly loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses in cracks; 80 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055630. 20% brittleness; patchy - phpvsfiid 154788; patchy - phpvsfiid 154788
    2Bt5—76 to 140 centimeters (29.9 to 55.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) extremely gravelly clay; strong very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 60 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055631. continuous - phpvsfiid 154799; continuous - phpvsfiid 154799
    2Bt6—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) extremely gravelly clay; strong very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 70 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 20 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # MU055632. continuous - phpvsfiid 154972; continuous - phpvsfiid 154972