IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): loring

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2004MO023001M

User Pedon ID: 2004MO023001

Vegetation Plot ID: 2004MO023001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - MCL

Lab Pedon # - M0402301

Print Date: 4/10/2026

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: 36.8691389

Std. Longitude: -90.4017222

Datum: WGS84

Township: T26N

Range: R6E

Section: 27

PLSS Details: 1844 feet E and 411 feet N of the SW corner

Country: US—United States

State: Missouri

County: MO023—Butler

MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO605—Butler County and Part of Ripley County, Missouri

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36090-G4—Poplar Bluff, Missouri

PEDON

Describers Name: Leon Thompson

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, acid, mesic Typic Paleudalfs

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - loring

PSC - 41 to 91 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/18/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Loring

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs

Taxon Kind - taxadjunct

PSC - 41 to 91 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/6/2004

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: Roubidoux Formation silty loess derived from mixed

Landscape: hills

Landform: drainageway

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Geology: Roubidoux Formation formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/6/2004 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 36090g4ne

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
SALIX ELYMU	Salix Elymus	willow wildrye	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
abrupt textural change	—	190 -	- 1 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon abrupt textural change	0—41 41—203 190—	—41— —162— —1—

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	—	—	158.5	—	170	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small

E—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed silt; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004275; observed in pit, small

Bt1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004276; observed in pit, small

Bt2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU004277; observed in pit, small

Bt3—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent prominent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU004278; observed in pit, small

Bt4—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume flat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU004279; observed in pit, small

Bt5—150 to 190 centimeters (59.1 to 74.8 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU004280; observed in pit, small

2Bt6—190 to 213 centimeters (74.8 to 83.9 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay loam; massive; very firm; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 20 percent prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # MU004281; observed in pit, small