IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scholten
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2012MO067001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012MO067001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2012MO067001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8070
  • 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: 36.9972500
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2594167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T27N
  • Range: R12W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 2083 feet W and 1562 feet S of NE Corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO067—Douglas
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36092-H3—Vanzant, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Preston, Katie Philbrick, Tom Dewitt, Gene Campbell, J.R. Perkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Scholten
  • PSC - 13 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scholten
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, gravelly colluvium derived from sedimentary rock over strongly weathered, gravelly pedisediment derived from sedimentary rock over strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Jefferson City Dolomite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 38
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMBRO

    LOAR10

    SYOR

    Ambrosia

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

    ragweed

    tall fescue

    coralberry

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

    fragipan

    weakly coherent

    38 - 67

    - 29 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    fragipan

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—13

    13—203

    38—95

    38—67

    38—67

    67—203

    —13—

    —190—

    —57—

    —29—

    —29—

    —136—
    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

    6

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    337

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    245

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03255; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films; 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03256; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03257; observed in pit, small
    2Btx1—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; extremely high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films; 15 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03258; observed in pit, small
    2Btx2—50 to 67 centimeters (19.7 to 26.4 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; brittle; extremely high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films; 20 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds; 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03259; observed in pit, small
    3Bt1—67 to 95 centimeters (26.4 to 37.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly silty clay; 42 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films; 5 percent fine brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, clay depletions lining pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03260; observed in pit, small
    3Bt2—95 to 125 centimeters (37.4 to 49.2 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) extremely cobbly clay; 60 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films; 1 percent N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along pores and 1 percent N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 32 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 33 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03261; observed in pit, small
    3Bt3—125 to 160 centimeters (49.2 to 63.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) very cobbly clay; 50 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along pores and 1 percent N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03262; observed in pit, small
    3Bt4—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 45 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along pores and 1 percent N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # 12N03263; observed in pit, small