IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VIRATON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO167011
  • User Pedon ID: S2006MO16711
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2006MO16711
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0825
  • 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: 37.7629167
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2343611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2011 feet W and 1162 feet N of the SE corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37093-G2—Urbana, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Allan Johnston, Duane Viele, Dick Henderson, Gene Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - VIRATON
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • PSC - 20 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Jefferson City Dolomite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/2/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37093g2sw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUERC

    Quercus

    oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

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    64 - 66

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—20

    20—67

    64—66

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    —47—

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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

    3

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    324

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    0

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03431; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E—11 to 20 centimeters (4.3 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—20 to 31 centimeters (7.9 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 12 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—31 to 49 centimeters (12.2 to 19.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 35 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—49 to 67 centimeters (19.3 to 26.4 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Btx—67 to 69 centimeters (26.4 to 27.2 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small