IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2008MO027055
  • User Pedon ID: 2008MO027055
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0802755
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30223
  • 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: 38.9677778
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9940278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R10W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1,231 feet East and 2,627 feet South from the North East corner
  • Location Description: topo plot: SE1/4, SW1/4, NW1/4, sec. 1, T48, R10
  • 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: 38091-H8—Kingdom City, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LeAnn Bullard, Amber Marshaus, Mike Chalfant
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 55
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed over clayey till derived from mixed
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: divide
  • Anthropogenic Feature: ditch
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Upper Wisconsinan Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h8nw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rural transportation
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
    • 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

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    275.5

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    90

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    Btg1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 70 percent prominent 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 dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films and 12 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats; 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 brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt1—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films and 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats; 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 black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—152 to 305 centimeters (59.8 to 120.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), 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; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Btg1—305 to 343 centimeters (120.1 to 135.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 12 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films; 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 black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Btg2—343 to 457 centimeters (135.0 to 179.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 12 percent prominent pressure faces and 70 percent prominent clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Btg3—457 to 716 centimeters (179.9 to 281.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 12 percent distinct clay films; 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 black (10YR 2/1), 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; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3BCg—716 to 762 centimeters (281.9 to 300.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) broken face silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 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 black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3C—762 to 777 centimeters (300.0 to 305.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face loamy sand; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small