IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2005MO027004
  • User Pedon ID: 2005MO027004
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - Mexput-4
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0502704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25867
  • 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: 38.9606944
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0806667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R10W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1,817 feet West and 66 feet North from the South East corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO027—Callaway
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO027—Callaway County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-H1—Millersburg NE, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Teresa Gerber, Grant Butler, Ralph Tucker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess derived from mixed over silty and clayey pedisediment derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/5/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38092h1nw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—20

    20—188

    20—188

    20—188

    86—

    —20—

    —168—

    —168—

    —168—

    —1—
    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

    3

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    —

    275.2

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    24

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005536; observed in push tube
    Btg1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005537; observed in push tube
    Btg2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005538; observed in push tube
    Btg3—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); 50 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior and 50 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark red (2.5YR 3/6), 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. Lab sample # MU005539; observed in push tube
    Btg4—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), 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 push tube
    Btg5—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btg6—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btg7—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior silt loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btg8—163 to 188 centimeters (64.2 to 74.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments.; observed in push tube