IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Higginsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MO107001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MO107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2689
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37273
  • 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: 39.0947609
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7868805
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet south and 1440 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: four miles west and one mile north of Higginsville.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO107—Lafayette
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO107—Lafayette County, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Higginsville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • 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

    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21089
    A12—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21090
    A3—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21091
    B1t—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silty clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21092
    B2t—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats on faces of peds; 21 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21093. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200127; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200127
    B3T—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1) coats in root channels and/or pores; 21 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21094
    C—104 to 221 centimeters (40.9 to 87.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; massive; firm; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A21095