IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HUMESTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO041001
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO041001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0304101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26117
  • 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: 39.6080556
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1355556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T55N
  • Range: R20W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1,483 feet East and 2,505 feet North from the South West corner
  • Location Description: Swan Lake NWA
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO041—Chariton
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO041—Chariton County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39093-E2—Mendon, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Caldwell, Timothy Knoernschild
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, superactive, mesic Vertic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HUMESTON
  • PSC - 94 to 145 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TICE
  • Classificaton Date - 3/13/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for extremely brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/13/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39093e2ne
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: landslip erosion highly deformed
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    74—94

    94—193

    —36—

    —20—

    —99—
    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

    1

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    —

    200.9

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    225

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    A—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007235; observed in push tube
    EA—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007237; observed in push tube
    E1—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007238; observed in push tube
    E2—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007239; observed in push tube
    Btg1—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 20 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007240; observed in push tube
    Btg2—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 20 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007241; observed in push tube
    Btg3—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007243; observed in push tube
    Btg4—183 to 193 centimeters (72.0 to 76.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007244; observed in push tube