LOCATION CARL MO
Established Series
ACP, PRF
11/2011
CARL SERIES
The Carl series consists of deep, poorly drained, very slowly permeable soils formed in a thin mantle of silty loess over clayey alluvium over gravelly alluvium. These soils are on drainageways adjacent to upland streams. Slope gradient ranges from 0 to 1 percent. Mean annual temperature is 14 degrees C (57 degrees F) and mean annual precipitation is 102 cm (40 inches).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Epiaquerts
TYPICAL PEDON: Carl silt loam, on a 0 to 1 percent slope in pastureland. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 10 cm, 0 to 4 inches[waw2]; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), crushed, silty clay loam, gray (10YR 5/1), crushed, dry; moderate fine platy structure parting to weak fine subangular blocky; very firm, sticky and plastic; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common very fine and fine low continuity tubular pores; 7.2 pH meter 1:1 water; 1 percent angular limestone-cherty gravel; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary.
A--10 to 33 cm, (4 to 13 inches); black (10YR 2/1), crushed, silty clay loam, dark gray (10YR 4/1), crushed, dry; moderate fine platy structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; very firm, very sticky and very plastic; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common very fine and fine low continuity tubular pores; 6.7 pH meter 1:1 water; many prominent continuous pressure faces throughout and common prominent continuous clay films throughout; 1 percent angular limestone-cherty gravel; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary. (25 to 38 cm, 10 to 15 inches thick)
2Bt--33 to 69 cm, (13 to 27 inches); black (10YR 2/1), crushed, silty clay, dark gray (10YR 4/1), crushed, dry; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure parting to strong fine angular blocky; very firm, very sticky and very plastic; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common very fine and fine low continuity tubular pores; 6.7 pH meter 1:1 water; many prominent continuous pressure faces throughout and common prominent continuous clay films throughout; 1 percent angular limestone-cherty gravel; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 38 cm, 0 to 15 inches thick)
2Btgss1--69 to 97 cm, (27 to 38 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), interior, silty clay; common fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) moist irregular iron accumulations throughout; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure parting to strong fine angular blocky; very firm, very sticky and very plastic; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common very fine and fine low continuity tubular pores; 7.3 pH meter 1:1 water; very few prominent continuous intersecting slickensides on faces of peds; many prominent continuous pressure faces throughout; common prominent continuous clay films throughout; common medium and coarse irregular extremely hard carbonate concretions pedogenic throughout and common fine and medium rounded black (N 2/0) soft masses of iron-manganese pedogenic throughout; 1 percent angular limestone-cherty gravel; neutral; clear wavy boundary.
2Btgss2--97 to 119 cm, (38 to 47 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), interior, silty clay; common fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) moist irregular iron stains throughout; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure parting to strong fine angular blocky; very firm, very sticky and very plastic; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common very fine and fine low continuity tubular pores; 7.5 pH meter 1:1 water; very few prominent continuous intersecting slickensides on faces of peds; many prominent continuous pressure faces throughout; common prominent continuous clay films throughout; very few distinct discontinuous manganese or iron-manganese accumulations on faces of peds; common medium and coarse irregular extremely hard carbonate concretions pedogenic throughout; common fine and medium rounded hard iron-manganese concretions pedogenic throughout; 1 percent angular limestone-cherty gravel; slightly alkaline; clear wavy boundary.
2Btgss3--119 to 135 cm, (47 to 53 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), interior, silty clay; common fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) moist irregular iron accumulations throughout; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure parting to strong fine angular blocky; very firm, very sticky and very plastic; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common very fine and fine low continuity tubular pores; 7.4 pH meter 1:1 water; very few prominent continuous intersecting slickensides on faces of peds; many prominent continuous pressure faces throughout; common prominent continuous clay films throughout; very few distinct discontinuous manganese or iron-manganese accumulations on faces of peds; common medium and coarse irregular extremely hard carbonate concretions pedogenic throughout; common fine and medium rounded hard iron-manganese concretions pedogenic throughout; 3 percent angular limestone-cherty gravel; slightly alkaline; gradual wavy boundary.
2Btgss4--135 to 173 cm, (53 to 68 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), interior, silty clay; common fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) moist iron accumulations throughout; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure parting to strong fine angular blocky; very firm, very sticky and very plastic; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common very fine and fine low continuity tubular pores; 7.4 pH meter 1:1 water; very few prominent continuous intersecting slickensides on faces of peds; many prominent continuous pressure faces throughout and common prominent continuous clay films throughout; very few distinct discontinuous manganese or iron-manganese accumulations on faces of peds; common medium and coarse irregular extremely hard carbonate concretions pedogenic throughout and common fine and medium rounded hard iron-manganese concretions pedogenic throughout; 4 percent angular limestone-cherty gravel; slightly alkaline; clear wavy boundary. (2Btgss horizons is 76 to 117 cm, 30 to 45 inches thick)
3Btg--173 to 203 cm, (68 to 80 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), interior, very gravelly clay; common fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) moist irregular iron accumulations throughout; weak coarse prismatic structure parting to moderate fine subangular blocky; very firm, very sticky and very plastic; common very fine and fine low continuity tubular pores; 7.5 pH meter 1:1 water; many prominent continuous clay films on faces of peds; common fine and medium rounded hard iron-manganese concretions pedogenic throughout; 30 percent angular limestone-cherty gravel and 1 percent angular limestone-cherty cobbles; slightly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Jasper County, Missouri; 3900 ft. south 700 ft. east of NW corner of Sec 4 T29N R31W ; Latitude: 37 degrees 17 minutes 0.0 seconds N, Longitude: 94 degrees 19 minutes 20.0 seconds W
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum: 203 cm, (80 inches) or more.
Control section: 35 to 60 percent clay.
Depth to gravelly textures ranges from 127 to 191 cm, (50 to 75 inches)
Depth to slickensides: 30 to 69 cm (12 to 27 inches)
A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 2 or 3, moist and 4 or 5, dry
Chroma: 1 or 2
Redoximorphic features: None to common iron accmulations and none to common iron-manganese accumulations
Texture: silty clay loam or silty clay
Rock fragments: 0 to 7 percent gravel
Reaction: 6.1 - 7.8
2Bt horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 2 or 3, moist and 4 or 5, dry
Chroma: 1
Redoximorphic features: None to common iron accumulations with Hue 10YR and Value of 4 to 8 and Chroma of 4 to 8, none to few iron-manganese accumulations
Carbonate concretions: none to few
Texture: clay, silty clay, or silty clay loam
Rock fragments: 0 to 7 percent gravel
Reaction: 6.1 - 7.3
Upper 2Btgss horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 2 or 3, 4 or 5 dry
Chroma: 1
Redoximorphic features: Few to common iron accumulations with Hue 10YR and Value of 4 to 8 and Chroma of 4 to 8, none to common iron-manganese accumulations
Carbonate concretions: none to common
Texture: clay or silty clay
Rock fragments: 0 to 7 percent
Reaction: 6.1 - 7.3
Lower 2Btgss horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 1
Redoximorphic features: Few to many iron accumulations with Hue 10YR and Value of 4 to 8 and Chroma of 4 to 8, none to few iron-manganese accumulations
Carbonate concretions: none to common
Texture: clay, silty clay, or silty clay loam
Rock fragments: 0 to 7 percent
Reaction: 6.6 - 7.8
3Btg horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 1
Redoximorphic features: Common iron accumulations in shades of brown or red and none to common iron-manganese accumulations
Texture: gravelly to very cobbly counterparts of clay, clay loam, silty clay loam, or silty clay
Rock fragments: 30 to 40 percent
Reaction: 6.6 - 8.4
3Bt and 4Bt horizons (if present):
Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 4 to 8
Redoximorphic features: Few iron depletions [waw6]in shades of gray, common iron - manganese accumulations, and none to common iron accumulations in shades of brown
Texture: very gravelly to extremely stony counterparts of clay or sandy clay loam
Rock fragments: 30 to 85 percent
Reaction: 6.6 - 7.8
COMPETING SERIES:
Laneburg,
Osage and
Terouge soils lack gravel in the lower subsoil.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Slope: nearly level (0 to 1 percent)
Landform: slightly concave drainageways.
Landscape: Plains
Parent Material: thin mantle of silty loess over clayey alluvium over gravelly alluvium.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Maplegrove: moderately well drained soils on higher convex uplands
Wanda: well drained soils on higher convex uplands.
Verdigris: well drained soils on flood plains.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage: Poor
Permeability: very slow
Runoff: low.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are in pasture and hayland. A few areas are in cropland. Principal crops are wheat, corn, milo, and soybeans. Native vegetation is prairie grasses, mainly big and little bluestem mixed with encroaching hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southwest Missouri and possibly Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma. The soils are of minor extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Jasper County, Missouri, 1996. Name taken from a town in the southwest part of Jasper County.
REMARKS: These soils were formerly included in the Woodson series.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this series are:
Mollic epipedon - the zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of 69 cm, 27 inches. (Ap and 2Bt horizons)
Argillic horizon - zone from 33 cm to 203 cm, 13 to 80 inches (2Bt and 3Bt horizons).
Intersecting slickensides - the zone from 69 cm to 173 cm, 27 to 68 inches. (2Btgss horizons)
Chroma of 1 and redox concentrations - the zone from 0 to 203 cm, 0 to 80 inches (Ap, 2Bt, and 2Btgss1, 2Btgss2, 2Btgss2, 2Btgss3, 2Btgss4 and 3Btg horizons).
10/2011 RGC Updated with metric units, made changes to range in characteristics and added competing series. These changes were made as part of a update project in MLRA 112.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.