IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sampsel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO063001m
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO063001m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0606301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30858
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 39.8958778
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2426834
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T59N
  • Range: R30W
  • Section: 26
  • Map Unit: 10117—Sampsel silty clay loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO063—DeKalb
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO063—De Kalb County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ms
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • PSC - 24 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess/shale residuum
  • Landscape: hillslope on dissected till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—44

    38—157

    44—200

    44—200

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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

    10

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027570; observed in push tube
    A—10 to 44 centimeters (3.9 to 17.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027571; observed in push tube
    Bt1—44 to 65 centimeters (17.3 to 25.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027572; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327489; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327489
    2Bt2—65 to 84 centimeters (25.6 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027573; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327490; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327490
    2Bt3—84 to 115 centimeters (33.1 to 45.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silty clay; 47 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027574; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327491; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327491
    2Bt4—115 to 157 centimeters (45.3 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay; 50 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027575; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327492; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327492
    2Cr—157 to 200 centimeters (61.8 to 78.7 inches); 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and 10 percent gray (5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay; 48 percent clay; massive; very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # MU027576; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327493; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327493