LOCATION KLIEVER MOEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Kliever loam - on a 3 percent slope in a grass field at an elevation of 600 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 8 inches; dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common very fine roots; neutral (pH 7.1); abrupt smooth boundary. (4 to 12 inches thick)
BE--8 to 17 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots; few distinct discontinuous clay depletions on faces of peds; common distinct discontinuous organic coats on faces of peds; neutral (pH 6.9); clear smooth boundary. (0 to 9 inches thick)
Bt1--17 to 27 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine roots; common distinct discontinuous clay films on faces of peds; few distinct discontinuous clay depletions in root channels and/or pores; neutral (pH 6.6); clear smooth boundary.
Bt2--27 to 41 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine roots; many prominent continuous clay films on faces of peds; few distinct discontinuous clay depletions in root channels and/or pores; neutral (pH 6.7); gradual smooth boundary.
Bt3--41 to 52 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine roots; many prominent continuous clay films on faces of peds; few distinct discontinuous clay depletions in root channels and/or pores; neutral (pH 6.8); abrupt smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 10 to 73 inches.)
2Bt--52 to 64 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; common very fine roots; common prominent continuous clay films on verticle faces of peds; common fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) soft masses of iron accumulation; neutral (pH 6.8); abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 38 inches thick)
3Bt5--64 to 80 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; common very fine roots; few prominent discontinuous clay films on verticle faces of peds; neutral (pH 7.0).
TYPE LOCATION: Cole County, Missouri; about 2 miles south of the town of Kliever; 1,680 feet west and 320 feet north of the southeast corner of section 24, T. 46 N., R. 14 W., USGS Centertown, Missouri NW topographic quadrangle; latitude 38 degrees 43 minutes 4.1 seconds and longitude 92 degrees 23 minutes 54.7 seconds. UTM Zone 15, easting 552,290, northing 4,285,634; NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: 40 to 80 inches or more
Particle-size control section: 18 to 30 percent clay
Mean annual soil temperature: 54 to 59 degrees F.
A or Ap horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: loam or silt loam
Reaction: neutral to moderately acid
BE horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: loam or silt loam
Reaction: neutral to moderately acid
Bt horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 3 to 8
Texture: loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam
Reaction: neutral to very strongly acid
2Bt horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 2 to 8
Texture: silt loam, loam, or very fine sandy loam
Reaction: neutral to very strongly acid
3Bt horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 2 to 8
Texture: silty clay loam, loam, or sandy loam
Reaction: neutral to very strongly acid
C horizon (where present)
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 2 to 8
Texture: very fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand, sand, or fine sand
Reaction: neutral to moderately acid
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Bluemount, Caprell, Douds, Grellton, Kendallville, Letort, Lindley, Mandeville, McHenry, Mifflin, Nodine, Norden, Pecatonica, Plumcreek, Renova, Rockbridge, Teresa, Westville, Whalan and Wykoff series. Caprell, McHenry, Pecatonica, Renova, and Westville soils have a mean annual soil temperature of less than 54 degress F., and formed in loess and glacial till. Douds and Wykoff soils are stratified in the lower part of the profile. Letort soils have mica flakes throughout the profile. Lindley soils formed in glacial till. Bluemount, Mandeville, Norden, and Whalan soils are 20 to 40 inches to a lithic or paralithic contact. Grellton, Nodine, and Plumcreek soils have a mean annual soil temperature of less than 54 degrees F. Rockbridge and Wykoff soils have a solum that is 20 to 40 inches thick. Teresa soils a densic layer at 24 to 40 inches.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Kliever soils are on uplands that were high abandoned terraces associated with the Missouri River. Slopes range from 2 to 20 percent. These soils formed in alluvium. The mean annual temperature ranges from 53 to 57 degrees F., and the mean annual precipitation ranges from 34 to 40 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: This is the Menfro soil. Menfro soils are fine-silty and are on slightly higher upland backslopes and summits.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Kliever soils are well drained. Runoff is low to medium. Permeability is moderate. The saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for pasture or hayland. Some areas are used for cultivated crops. Native vegetation was deciduous trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Missouri (MLRA 115B). The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Cole County, Missouri, 2002.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of 17 inches (Ap and BE horizons)
Argillic horizon - the zone from 17 to 80 inches (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3, 2Bt4, and 3Bt5 horizons).
ADDITIONAL DATA: University of Missouri soil characterization lab number M9305104.