IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COLO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004MO171053
  • User Pedon ID: 2004MO171053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0417153
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25351
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.5622222
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6863889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T67N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1,523 feet East and 938 feet North from the South West corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO171—Putnam
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO171—Putnam County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40092-E6—Coatsville, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Caldwell, David Dowdy, Wesley Simmons
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 53
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - COLO
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/19/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy alluvium derived from mixed over fine-silty alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/19/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 40092e6se
  • 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: landslip erosion highly deformed
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    melanic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—112

    112—127

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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

    1

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    247.5

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    18

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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed fine sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU001671; observed in push tube
    A2—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU001672; observed in push tube
    A3—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed fine sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU001673; observed in push tube
    Bw1—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face Error; 76 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU001674; observed in push tube
    Bw2—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU001675; observed in push tube
    Ab—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed loam; 52 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU001676; observed in push tube
    Eb1—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face fine sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 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 dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU001677; observed in push tube
    Eb2—178 to 196 centimeters (70.1 to 77.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face loam; 37 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU001678; observed in push tube
    Btbg—196 to 213 centimeters (77.2 to 83.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face loam; 39 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), 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; fragments.; observed in push tube