IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MENFRO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MO183051
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MO183051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0718351
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25755
  • 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: 38.9196667
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7642222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PLSS Details: 1,092 feet West and 3,455 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: Keith Knelle, John Horton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 51
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MENFRO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 43 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: escarpment
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat 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: 11/14/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38090h7se
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—43

    43—119

    43—203

    43—203

    43—203

    119—

    —43—

    —76—

    —160—

    —160—

    —160—

    —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

    5

    —

    —

    136.6

    —

    340

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004672; observed in push tube
    AE—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 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 # MU004673; observed in push tube
    Bt1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 12 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 35 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), 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 very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004674; observed in push tube
    Bt2—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 12 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 35 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 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 grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004675; observed in push tube
    Bt3—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004676; observed in push tube
    2Cg1—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face stratified loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 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 and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004677; observed in push tube
    2Cg2—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) broken face silt loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 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. Lab sample # MU004678; observed in push tube