IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1999MO221226
  • User Pedon ID: 1999MO221226
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9922129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35360
  • 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: 38.0392846
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8527833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO221—Washington
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GAL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • 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 - Goss
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: E-3
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    0—23

    23—180

    —-

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    223

    —

    170

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063429
    E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063430. patchy - phpvsfiid 136611; patchy - phpvsfiid 136612; patchy - phpvsfiid 136611; patchy - phpvsfiid 136612
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063431. continuous - phpvsfiid 136613; patchy - phpvsfiid 136614; continuous - phpvsfiid 136613; patchy - phpvsfiid 136614
    2Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 4 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063432. continuous - phpvsfiid 136615; patchy - phpvsfiid 136616; continuous - phpvsfiid 136615; patchy - phpvsfiid 136616
    2Bt3—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 90 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063433. continuous - phpvsfiid 136617; continuous - phpvsfiid 136617
    2Bt4—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly clay; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 70 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063434. continuous - phpvsfiid 136618; continuous - phpvsfiid 136618
    2Bt5—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate fine prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU063435. continuous - phpvsfiid 136619; continuous - phpvsfiid 136619
    2Bt6—119 to 180 centimeters (46.9 to 70.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) gravelly clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU063436. continuous - phpvsfiid 136620; continuous - phpvsfiid 136620