IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Opequon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO203014M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO203014M
  • User Site Association ID: 8612
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - shannon-72D2
  • Transect Stop Number - 10
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9761314
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27794
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 37.3659944
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3525417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-C3—The Sinks, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LT,BM,SB,MS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Opequon
  • PSC - 18 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Opequon
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/1997
  • 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: 73 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 2 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol)


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/5/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • 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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    41 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—18

    18—41

    41—

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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

    7

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    274.3

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    34

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face clay; moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018835
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018836
    Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) broken face sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light reddish gray (2.5YR 7/1) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU018837
    R—41 centimeters (16.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.