IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nixa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968AR009005M
  • User Pedon ID: 1968AR009005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UARK
  • Lab Pedon # - 68BO05
  • 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: 36.4910881
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2303211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T21N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR009—Boone
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ward and Harper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Glossic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nixa
  • PSC - 33 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/2013
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium over residuum
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) extremely gravelly silt loam; weak medium granular structure; deformable; many roots; 70 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0005417
    E—11 to 33 centimeters (4.3 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) extremely gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; deformable; common roots; 60 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0005418
    BE—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; deformable; few roots; 80 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0005419
    2Btx—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; brittle; few roots; common vesicular pores; clay films on surfaces along pores; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 80 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0005420
    Bt—79 to 125 centimeters (31.1 to 49.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; deformable; 50 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # UAR0005421