IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Townhole
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO119130M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO119130
  • User Site Association ID: 8459
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 97-01
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 195.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9711902
  • 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: 36.6694306
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4448444
  • 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: KLG,MDO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Fragiaquic Paleudalfs
  • 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 - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or slope alluvium and/or alluvium
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/4/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6C
  • 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

    41—203

    61—119

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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

    5

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    292

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    165

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 25.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 15.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 22 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057921
    A—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 25.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 25.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 16 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057922
    BA—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 20.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 15.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057923. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159300; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159300
    Bw—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 65 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU057924. patchy - phpvsfiid 155096; patchy - phpvsfiid 155096
    2Btx1—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 6.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 85 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU057925
    2Btx2—71 to 119 centimeters (28.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 4.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 40 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 53 percent by volume subangular limestone, cherty fragments and 70 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057926. continuous - phpvsfiid 159370; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159368; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159369; continuous - phpvsfiid 159370; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159368; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159369
    2Bt1—119 to 193 centimeters (46.9 to 76.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 75 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU057927. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159267; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159268; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159269; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159267; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159268; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159269
    3Bt2—193 to 203 centimeters (76.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent fine and medium irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU057928. patchy - phpvsfiid 159270; patchy - phpvsfiid 159270