IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nixa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973AR143001M
  • User Pedon ID: 1973AR143001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UARK
  • Lab Pedon # - 73WS01
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 36.1058434
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3638572
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T17N
  • Range: R32W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR143—Washington
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Phillips and Ransom
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Glossic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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 - 23 to 43 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: 11/1/1973 (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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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; strong medium granular structure; very friable; deformable; many roots; 40 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; deformable; many roots; 40 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0007566
    Bt—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; deformable; common roots; 50 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0007567
    2Btx—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; few roots; clay films on surfaces along pores and clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-15 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0007568
    C/Brt1—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly silty clay; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; deformable; few roots; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on rock fragments; 70 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UAR0007569
    C/Brt2—86 to 198 centimeters (33.9 to 78.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly silty clay; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; deformable; few roots; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on rock fragments; 75 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # UAR0007570