IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CALHOUN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004MO023003
  • User Pedon ID: 2004MO023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2004MO023003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0402303
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25232
  • 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: 36.7850833
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3895833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T25N
  • Range: R6E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 499 ft East and 1,490 ft North from the South West corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO023—Butler
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • 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, Kevin Godsey, Rod Taylor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CALHOUN
  • PSC - 74 to 124 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CALHOUN
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods
  • Geology: Roubidoux Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 36090g4se
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—74

    0—203

    25—74

    74—203

    —74—

    —203—

    —49—

    —129—
    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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    104.5

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    156

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU000738; observed in pit, small
    Eg1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 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; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU000739; observed in pit, small
    Eg2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000740; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.9 medium moderate-continuity vesicular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), 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.; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.9 medium moderate-continuity vesicular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), 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; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—117 to 155 centimeters (46.1 to 61.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), 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; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btg4—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), 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; fragments.; observed in pit, small