IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Openlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004MO201004
  • User Pedon ID: 2004MO201004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0420103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30993
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 37.0801468
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4739075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 86055—Sharkey silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO031—Cape Girardeau
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO201—Scott County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-A4—Thebes SW, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JDC, KG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, nonacid, thermic Vertic Epiaquepts
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Openlake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, nonacid, thermic Vertic Epiaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/2004
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey over sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: lowland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—6

    6—114

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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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    98.5

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    Ap—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse granular structure; firm; 5.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026212
    Bg1—6 to 26 centimeters (2.4 to 10.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026213
    Bg2—26 to 66 centimeters (10.2 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 15 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026214
    Bg3—66 to 114 centimeters (26.0 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 4.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 2 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026215
    Cg1—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026216
    Cg2—135 to 158 centimeters (53.1 to 62.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sandy clay; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 medium roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 8 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026217
    Cg3—158 to 188 centimeters (62.2 to 74.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) stratified stratified sandy loam to clay loam to sandy clay; structureless massive; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 8 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026218
    2Cg4—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sand; structureless massive; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 20 percent medium faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MU026219