LOCATION LINDLEY MO+IA ILEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Lindley loam - on a 21 percent convex slope in timber at an elevation of 665 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 3 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; few fine roots; few fine pores; 1 percent fine gravel; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (1 to 4 inches thick)
E--3 to 7 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak thin platy structure parting to moderate fine granular; very friable; few fine roots; few fine pores; 1 percent fine gravel; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (3 to 6 inches thick)
Bt1--7 to 11 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine and medium roots; few fine pores; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine gravel; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt2--11 to 20 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; few fine pores; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine gravel; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt3--20 to 33 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; few fine roots; few fine pores; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine gravel; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt4--33 to 46 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few fine roots; few fine pores; few faint clay films on faces of peds; common medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) Fe depletions in ped interiors; 3 percent fine gravel; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of The Bt horizons is 16 to 48 inches.)
C--46 to 57 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), brown (10YR 5/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; massive; very firm; few fine roots; few fine pores; common medium black stains; 3 percent gravel; slightly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Cg--57 to 60 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; massive; very firm; few fine roots; few fine pores; common fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Fe masses in ped interiors; common medium black stains; 3 percent fine gravel; neutral.
TYPE LOCATION: Lewis County, Missouri; about 4 miles south and 3 miles west of Ewing; 1500 feet south and 1500 feet west of The northeast corner, sec. 34, T. 60 N., R. 8 W; Nelsonville quadrangle.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The depth to the base of the argillic horizon is 40 to 60 inches. Coarse sand and very coarse sand averages more than 5 percent in the control section.
The A horizon has color value of 3 or 4 and chroma of 1 or 2. Where present, an Ap horizon has color value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 2 to 5.
The E horizon has color value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 2 to 4, but is often absent in eroded pedons. The A and E horizons are typically loam, but silt loam, clay loam and fine sandy loam are within the range. Reaction is very strongly acid to neutral.
The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6; rarely 8. It is clay loam or loam. It ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid. It commonly is mottled in The lower part. Rock fragments range from a few pebbles to 5 percent gravel.
The C horizon is mottled with hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 6. It is loam or clay loam and slightly acid to moderately alkaline. Rock fragments average from 1 to 5 percent.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Amanda, Belmont, Belmore, Chenault, Chili, Coggon, Conestoga, Douds, El Dara, Gallman, Grellton, Hayden, Hebron, Hickory, High Gap, Hollinger, Kalamazoo, Kanawha, Kendallville, Kidder, Kosciusko, Leroy, Letort, Mandeville, Martinsville, McHenry, Miami, Mifflin, Military, Nodine, Norden, Ockley, Owosso, Pecatonica, Princeton, Rainsville, Rawson, Relay, Renova, Richland, Riddles, Sisson, Skelton, Strawn, Summitville, Theresa, Wawasee, Westville, Whalan, Woodbine, and Wykoff series. The Amanda, Belmont, Belmore, Chenault, Chili, Coggon, Conestoga, Kendallville, Kosciusco, Leroy, Ockley, Rainsville, Richland, and Wykoff soils average more than 5 percent rock fragments in the lower one-third of their control sections. Hayden soils have mean annual soil temperature of less than 52 degrees F. at a depth of 20 inches. Hebron, Kanawha, and Sisson soils average less than 1 percent rock fragments in their control sections. Hickory soils have free carbonates at 40 to 60 inches and have more illite in their control sections than any other mineral. High Gap, Mandeville, Military, Norden, and Whalan soils have a lithic or paralithic contact at depths less than 40 inches. Hollinger soils have sola that do not extend beyond a depth of 40 inches. Douds, El Dara, Gallman, Grellton, Kalamazoo, McHenry, Mifflin, and Nodine soils average more than 52 percent sand in some subhorizon in the lower one-third of their control sections. Kidder, Miami, Strawn, Theresa, and Wawasee soils have free carbonates at depths less than 40 inches. Letort, and Martinsville soils have subhorizons that contain more than 50 percent silt in their control sections. Owosso, Princeton, Rawson, and Renova soils have more than 52 percent sand in the upper one-half of their control sections. Pecatonica, Summitville, and Westville soils have hues of 5YR or redder on faces of peds or in the matrix of their control sections. Relay soils have hues yellower than 10YR throughout their control sections. Riddles soils have subhorizons that contain more than 52 percent sand in the middle one-third of their control sections. Skelton soils have less than 5 percent coarse and very coarse sand in their control sections. Woodbine soils have horizons that contain more than 40 percent clay in the lower one-third of their control sections.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Lindley soils are on valley side slopes and narrowly dissected interfluves. The slope gradients range from 5 to 60 percent. The soils are thought to have formed in pre-Illinoinan glacial till and they may have a thin mantle of loess. Mean annual temperature ranges from 50 to 57 degrees F., and mean annual precipitation ranges from 30 to 42 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are The Armster, Armstrong, Clinton, Gara, Gorin, Goss, Hatton, Keswick, Rathbun, Weller, and Winfield soils. The Armster, Armstrong, Clinton, Gorin, Hatton, Keswick, Rathbun, and Weller soils contain more than 35 percent clay in their control sections and are upslope from Lindley soils. Gara soils have thicker A horizons, and are upslope or in similar positions. Goss soils are cherty in the subsoil and downslope from Lindley soil. Winfield soils are fine-silty. They are upslope from Lindley soils, or are near the bluffs of major streams.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. Runoff is rapid. Permeability is moderately slow. Moderately wet units have a perched water table with an upper limit of 3.5 to to 5.0 feet during November to April in most years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of the soils are in second growth timber; some is native forest. Some areas are cleared and used mostly for growing hay or pasture crops. Some areas are used to grow corn, small grains, and soybeans. Native vegetation is deciduous hardwoods (oak-hickory).
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Missouri, and southern, east-central, and eastern Iowa. The series has large extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Grundy County, Missouri, 1914.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this series are: ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of 7 inches (A and E horizons); albic horizon - the zone from approximately 3 to 7 inches (E horizon); argillic horizon - the zone from approximately 7 to 46 inches (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3, and Bt4 horizons).