IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Portia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972AR075004M
  • User Pedon ID: 1972AR075004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UARK
  • Lab Pedon # - 72LW04
  • Print Date: 12/7/2025

    • 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: 35.9597000
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1197000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T15N
  • Range: R1W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4
  • Location Description: In a moist cultivated area
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR075—Lawrence
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gore, Brown and Field
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Portia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/2017
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium over residuum
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1972 (entry creation 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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    E—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; few fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0007179
    BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0007180
    Bt—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0007181
    Btg1—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0007182
    Btg2—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0007183
    Cg—107 to 183 centimeters (42.1 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; massive; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # UAR0007184