IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): loring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004MO023002M
  • User Pedon ID: 2004MO023002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2004MO023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0402302
  • Print Date: 4/17/2026

    • 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: 36.8693611
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4028611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T26N
  • Range: R6E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1510 feet E and 486 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: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - loring
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2012
  • 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 - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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 gully
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    abrupt textural change

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    102 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—13

    13—185

    102—

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    —172—

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    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

    5

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    159.1

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    84

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004282; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU004283; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004284; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); 50 percent white (10YR 8/1) interior and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004285; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt1—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 7.0 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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU004287; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); 60 percent gray (10YR 6/1) interior and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak structure; firm; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU004288; observed in pit, small
    2Bt3—157 to 185 centimeters (61.8 to 72.8 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) interior silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU004289; observed in pit, small
    3Bt1—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent white (10YR 8/1) interior and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # MU004290; observed in pit, small