IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Osage
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1999MO217002
  • User Pedon ID: 1999MO217002
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9921702
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32214
  • 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: 38.0083267
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2743030
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R30W
  • Section: 6
  • Location Description: SE 1/4, SW 1/4 of Sec. 6 T.37N. R.30W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO217—Vernon
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jeffrey A. Woodward Kenneth L. Gregg Alan Peer
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Osage
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1999
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    0—25

    25—254

    25—254

    25—254

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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

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 25.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063253. Cracks on surface 2-6" apart.
    Btgss1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); 60 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 40 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063254. continuous - phpvsfiid 150060; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150061; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150062; continuous - phpvsfiid 150060; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150061; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150062
    Btgss2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) pressure faces on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) iron stains on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063255. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149978; continuous - phpvsfiid 150063; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149979; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149980; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150064; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149978; continuous - phpvsfiid 150063; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149979; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149980; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150064
    2Btgss3—53 to 102 centimeters (20.9 to 40.2 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) pressure faces on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063256. Free water between peds, but not in peds.; continuous - phpvsfiid 150289; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150287; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150288; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150290; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150291; continuous - phpvsfiid 150289; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150287; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150288; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150290; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150291
    2Btgss4—102 to 203 centimeters (40.2 to 79.9 inches); 80 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063257. Very minimal amount of free water in this horizon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150446; continuous - phpvsfiid 150292; continuous - phpvsfiid 150445; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150446; continuous - phpvsfiid 150292; continuous - phpvsfiid 150445
    2Btgss5—203 to 254 centimeters (79.9 to 100.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) iron stains on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) pressure faces on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # MU063258. continuous - phpvsfiid 150447; continuous - phpvsfiid 150448; continuous - phpvsfiid 150449; continuous - phpvsfiid 150450; continuous - phpvsfiid 150447; continuous - phpvsfiid 150448; continuous - phpvsfiid 150449; continuous - phpvsfiid 150450