IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHEQUEST
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO115057
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO115057
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0311557
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25926
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 39.7078583
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3288861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T57N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 770 feet west and 1560 feet north of the southeast 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-F3—Fountain Grove, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Knoernschild, Greg Caldwell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 57
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CHEQUEST
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Portage
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39093f3nw
  • 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: water erosion gully
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—51

    51—203

    —51—

    —152—
    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

    2

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    202.7

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay; moderate very fine granular structure; firm; 7.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005944; observed in push tube
    A1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 7.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005945; observed in push tube
    A2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 7.0 fine roots; 7.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005946; observed in push tube
    Bg1—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats and 60 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005947; observed in push tube
    Bg2—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); variegated 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats and 40 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005948; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 881321; patchy - phpvsfiid 881321
    Bg3—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005949; observed in push tube
    Bg4—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005950; observed in push tube
    Bg5—155 to 178 centimeters (61.0 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005951; observed in push tube
    Bg6—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); variegated 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MU005952; observed in push tube