IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WELLER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MO183050
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MO183050
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2007MO18350
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0718350
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30236
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024
  • 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: 38.9151111
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7625556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PLSS Details: 580 feet West and 1,808 feet North from the South East corner of Survey 754,
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO183—St. Charles
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO183—St. Charles County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38090-H7—Maryknoll, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Horton, Keith Knelle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 50
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WELLER
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: very rare flooding for extremely brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38090h7se
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 15
  • 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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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

    ochric epipedon

    reduced matrix

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    0—216

    15—216

    28—185

    124—

    —28—

    —216—

    —201—

    —157—

    —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

    0.5

    143

    0

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) rubbed silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU029492; observed in pit, small
    E—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 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 very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU029493; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face silt loam; weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats and 35 percent prominent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU029494; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 12 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats and 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films; 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 very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU029495; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films and 35 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, organoargillans; 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 very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU029496; observed in pit, small
    2Btg4—124 to 155 centimeters (48.8 to 61.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films and 35 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, organoargillans; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU029497; observed in pit, small
    2Btg5—155 to 185 centimeters (61.0 to 72.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films and 35 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, organoargillans; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU029498; observed in pit, small
    3Cg—185 to 216 centimeters (72.8 to 85.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 10.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MU029499; observed in pit, small