IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Union
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO125004M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO125004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9712504
  • 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: 38.0281676
  • Std. Longitude: -92.1514794
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sparks property
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO125—Maries
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KOD, WAK, BBB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Union
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or unconsolidated sediments and/or residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/18/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11B
  • 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

    fragipan

    0—18

    18—203

    79—130

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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

    —

    —

    351

    —

    90

    991

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    —

    12.8

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    —

    13.9

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 4.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058101
    Bt1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 8.0 very fine to medium roots between peds; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058102. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145686; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145686
    Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058103. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145687; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145687
    Bt3—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058104. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145688; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145688
    2Btx1—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 4.0 very fine roots between peds; 7.0 very fine vesicular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058105. 65% brittleness expressed.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145689; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145689
    2Btx2—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and brown (10YR 5/3) broken face very gravelly silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm*; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 6.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058106. 75% brittleness expressed.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145690; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145690
    3Btx3—130 to 203 centimeters (51.2 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face very gravelly clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU058107. 20% brittleness expressed.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145691; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145692; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145691; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145692