IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nixa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974AR089002M
  • User Pedon ID: 1974AR089002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UARK
  • Lab Pedon # - 74MR02
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 36.2777619
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6805481
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T19N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 4.1 mi. N on Ark Hwy 14 from junction of US Hwy 62 on right side of highway behind gravel pit
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR089—Marion
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ward
  • 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 - 28 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: 11/5/2012 (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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; deformable; common fine roots; few fine pores; 40 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0008160
    E—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; deformable; common medium roots and common fine roots; common fine pores; 40 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0008161
    BE—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; deformable; common medium roots and common fine roots; few fine pores; 60 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0008162
    2Btx—56 to 112 centimeters (22.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly silt loam; 5YR 6 (5YR6) mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; few fine roots; common fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on rock fragments; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses and black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses around rock fragments; 70 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-15 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0008163
    Bt1—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) extremely gravelly clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; few fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; 80 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-150 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # UAR0008164. continuous - phpvsfiid 1601591; continuous - phpvsfiid 1601591
    Bt2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; deformable; few fine pores; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 80 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated chert fragments. Lab sample # UAR0008165