IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Linker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964AR04702
  • User Pedon ID: 1964AR04702
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UARK
  • Lab Pedon # - 64FR02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53018
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 35.6341000
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7983000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Map Unit: LnC—Linker fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR047—Franklin
  • MLRA: 117—Boston Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-HOT—Hot Springs, Arkansas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR047—Franklin County, Arkansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35093-F7—Cass, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Linker
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone and siltstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent sandstone, unspecified with 45 to <100
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/2012 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    79 - 86

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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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 7.0 roots; 3.0 pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0003402
    BA—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 roots; 3.0 pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0003403
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 3.0 pores; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0003404. patchy - phpvsfiid 1097507; patchy - phpvsfiid 1097507
    Bt2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 3.0 pores; 35 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0003405
    Bt3—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 3.0 pores; 35 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume , 20 percent by weight angular 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0003406. patchy - phpvsfiid 1097509; patchy - phpvsfiid 1097509
    R—79 to 86 centimeters (31.1 to 33.9 inches); fragments.