IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Portia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2014AR075004
  • User Pedon ID: 2014AR075004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UARK
  • Lab Pedon # - 72LW02
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.9451750
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3384972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T15N
  • Range: R3W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1485 feet S and 140 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 1485 feet south and 140 feet west of the NE corner, Sec. 18, T15N, R3W
  • Map Unit: PoD—Portia fine sandy loam, 8 to 12 percent slopes
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR075—Lawrence
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR075—Lawrence County, Arkansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35091-H3—Strawberry, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.R. Perkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Portia
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/23/2013
  • Classifier - J.R. Perkins
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Portia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/23/2013
  • Classifier - J.R. Perkins
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy residuum weathered from limestone and sandstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: J.R. Perkins
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—183

    —20—

    —163—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

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    99

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    280

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots; few (0.5) medium tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    BE—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 4 percent clay; 1 percent N 2/1 (N 2/1) fine mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (1.0) medium roots and common (1.0) fine roots; few (0.5) medium tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt1—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 48 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 31 percent clay; 1 percent N 2/1 (N 2/1) fine mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) medium tubular and few (0.5) pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1187840; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187842; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187840; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187842
    Bt2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay; 54 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 42 percent clay; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 5 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 6 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent and 6 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) medium tubular and common (3.0) pores; 30 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1187841; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187841
    Bt3—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 64 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 33 percent clay; 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) medium tubular and few (0.5) pores; 5 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 5 percent sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1187837; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187837
    Bt4—91 to 183 centimeters (35.8 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy loam; 83 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 14 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) roots between peds; few (0.5) pores; 5 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay bridges between sand grains and 5 percent sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. continuous - phpvsfiid 1187835; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187835