IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alred
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO203029M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO203029M
  • User Site Association ID: 8640
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - shannon-82D1
  • Transect Stop Number - 10
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9661329
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31690
  • 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: 37.2993167
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3864917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-C4—Round Spring, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LT,BM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal over clayey, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alred
  • PSC - 13 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alred
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal over clayey, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 13 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • Field Measured Properties: 22 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 75 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 42 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol) and 33 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol) and 14 Strongly contrasting textural stratification (depth in inches)


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from dolomite and/or slope alluvium
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    142 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    lithic contact

    0—13

    13—142

    36—

    142—

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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

    9

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    293

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    330

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 7.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056830
    Bt1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 7.0 medium tubular and 7.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay films on faces of peds; 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056831
    Bt2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 7.0 medium tubular and 7.0 fine tubular and 3.0 coarse tubular pores; 15 percent distinct black (N 2/0) manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU056832
    2Bt3—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 7.0 medium tubular and 7.0 fine tubular and 3.0 coarse tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU056833
    2Bt4—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU056834
    2Bt5—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 0.9 fine tubular and 0.9 coarse tubular pores; 15 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) clay films on rock fragments and 35 percent distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2) clay films on rock fragments and 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on rock fragments and 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU056835
    2R—142 centimeters (55.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Interbedded chert stopped backhoe;