IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO167012
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO167012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2006MO16712
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0616712
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024
  • 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: 37.7624167
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2338889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1876 feet W and 975 feet N of the SE corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37093-G2—Urbana, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Allan Johnston, Duane Viele, Dick Henderson, Gene Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • PSC - 21 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Jefferson City Dolomite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37093g2sw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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: water erosion sheet
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUERC

    Quercus

    oak

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    64 - 66

    - 2 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—21

    21—67

    64—66

    —21—

    —46—

    —2—

    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

    325.8

    315

    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU008208; observed in pit, small
    E—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 35 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU008209; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—21 to 35 centimeters (8.3 to 13.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 12 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU008210; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—35 to 55 centimeters (13.8 to 21.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 12 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU008211; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—55 to 67 centimeters (21.7 to 26.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU008212; observed in pit, small
    2Btx—67 to 69 centimeters (26.4 to 27.2 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small