IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alred
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO203074M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO203074M
  • User Site Association ID: 8630
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - shannon-75F3
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9761374
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26428
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 37.3700167
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3940472
  • 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: BM,RLT,ms
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal over clayey, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alred
  • PSC - 15 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/2010
  • 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 - 15 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1997
  • 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: 26 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 63 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 40 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol) and 10 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol)


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from dolomite and/or slope alluvium
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1997 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—15

    15—183

    43—

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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

    20

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    268

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    174

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; 45 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009557
    Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats on faces of peds; 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009558
    Bt2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) and 50 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; 15 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; 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU009559
    2Bt3—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.9 fine and medium vesicular pores; 75 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009560
    2Bt4—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) gravelly clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine and medium roots; 0.9 fine vesicular pores; 35 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009561
    2Bt5—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) very gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 0.9 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009562
    2Bt6—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) extremely gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 0.9 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct reddish brown (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 subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 65 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU009563