IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHEQUEST
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO115054
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO115054
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0311554
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30491
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.7758333
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2230556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T57N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2,095 feet East and 678 feet South from the North West corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO115—Linn
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO115—Linn County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39093-G2—Laclede, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LeAnn Bullard, Greg Caldwell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 54
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHEQUEST
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/25/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39093g2sw
  • 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
    • 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

    0.4

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    210

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    18

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed silty clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024758; observed in pit, small
    C1—10 to 43 centimeters (3.9 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed stratified silty clay loam; massive; friable; 10.0 fine roots top of horizon and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024759; observed in pit, small
    C2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed and 45 percent brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed stratified loam; massive; firm; 10.0 fine roots top of horizon and 3.0 coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular 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 # MU024761; observed in pit, small
    C3—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed and 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1) crushed and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3) crushed stratified very fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular 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 # MU024762; observed in pit, small
    C4—97 to 183 centimeters (38.2 to 72.0 inches); 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) crushed and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed stratified loam; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024764; observed in pit, small
    Ab—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024767; observed in pit, small