IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2008MO027067
  • User Pedon ID: 2008MO027067
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2008MO027067
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0802767
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30212
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 38.9305000
  • Std. Longitude: -91.8775278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R9W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2,583 feet East and 434 feet North from the South West corner
  • Location Description: sw,sw,se Sec. 13, T48N, R9W, about 1 mi. S. of I 70
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO027—Callaway
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO027—Callaway County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-H8—Kingdom City, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LeAnn Bullard, Mike Chalfant, Amber Marshaus
  • 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 #: 67
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/2007
  • 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: ridge
  • Anthropogenic Feature: cut (road, railroad, etc.)
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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: 10/22/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h8se
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FESTU

    Festuca

    fescue

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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
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    3

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    249.9

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—28 to 91 centimeters (11.0 to 35.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) rubbed silty clay; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats; 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU029771; observed in pit, small
    2Btg2—91 to 259 centimeters (35.8 to 102.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) rubbed silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 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; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU029772; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—259 to 305 centimeters (102.0 to 120.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 6/1), 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; 2 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2BC—305 to 427 centimeters (120.1 to 168.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) rubbed clay loam; moderate thick wedge structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint clay films; 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 gray (5Y 6/1), 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; 3 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2CBk—427 to 610 centimeters (168.1 to 240.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) rubbed silty clay loam; massive, and weak thick wedge; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 4 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2C—610 to 762 centimeters (240.2 to 300.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed loamy sand; single grain; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small