IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004MO031004
  • User Pedon ID: 2004MO031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0403104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30989
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 37.3761864
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6190109
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 60001—Menfro silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes16C—Menfro silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO031—Cape Girardeau
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO031—Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-D5—Cape Girardeau NE, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KG, LT, RT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menfro
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 27 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/31/2004
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/31/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—27

    27—210

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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

    2

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    150.9

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    130

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 10.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025853
    BE—14 to 27 centimeters (5.5 to 10.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025854
    Bt1—27 to 62 centimeters (10.6 to 24.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 15 percent distinct clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025855
    Bt2—62 to 85 centimeters (24.4 to 33.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent distinct clay films; 2 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025856
    Bt3—85 to 120 centimeters (33.5 to 47.2 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025857
    Bt4—120 to 145 centimeters (47.2 to 57.1 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 5 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025858
    Bt5—145 to 210 centimeters (57.1 to 82.7 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 5 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025859