IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gasconade
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1998MO221130M
  • User Pedon ID: 1998MO221130
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9822103
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.7942667
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8838583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO221—Washington
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DMS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous) Lithic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gasconade
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous) Lithic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/6/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments: 0.50 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/6/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    8

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    337

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019165
    A—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019166
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU019167. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 135410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 135410
    R—41 centimeters (16.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. Cambrian Derby dolomite