IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarinda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2008MO129001
  • User Pedon ID: 2008MO129001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0812901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30711
  • 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: 40.4416656
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4680557
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 30047—Clarinda silty clay loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO129—Mercer
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO129—Mercer County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ms
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarinda
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: noncalcareous loess over till
  • Landscape: Loess covered hillslopes on hills
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—20

    20—179

    20—179

    51—179

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 29 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 7.0 irregular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU030028; observed in push tube
    Btg1—20 to 31 centimeters (7.9 to 12.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 7.0 irregular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU030029; observed in push tube
    Btg2—31 to 51 centimeters (12.2 to 20.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silty clay; 24 percent sand; 38 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine irregular and 7.0 fine irregular pores; 20 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU030030; observed in push tube
    2Btg3—51 to 67 centimeters (20.1 to 26.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face clay; 24 percent sand; 42 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU030031; observed in push tube
    2Btg4—67 to 86 centimeters (26.4 to 33.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face clay; 20 percent sand; 42 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries; 6 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU030032; observed in push tube
    2Btg5—86 to 110 centimeters (33.9 to 43.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face clay; 20 percent sand; 43 percent clay; weak very fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 irregular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses and 10 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 6 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU030033; observed in push tube
    2Btg6—110 to 133 centimeters (43.3 to 52.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face clay; 29 percent sand; 37 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 irregular pores; 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses and 10 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 6 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU030034; observed in push tube
    2Btg7—133 to 170 centimeters (52.4 to 66.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face clay; 29 percent sand; 39 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 irregular pores; 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses and 10 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 6 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # MU030035; observed in push tube