IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sacul
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976AR103001
  • User Pedon ID: 76AR103001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976AR103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4423
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40576
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 33.4302788
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0961075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Map Unit: SaC—Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR103—Ouachita
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR103—Ouachita County, Arkansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33093-D1—Stephens, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Fortner, Loyal Quandt, Moye Rutledge, and Warren Lynn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sacul
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/2022
  • Classifier - Tyson Hart
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sacul (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: unconsolidated stratified loamy and clayey deposits
  • Landform: Southern coastal plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIEC2

    PITA

    QUERC

    Pinus echinata

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus

    shortleaf pine

    loblolly pine

    oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—23

    23—178

    56—135

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    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

    3

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    1295

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    18

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33836
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33837
    Bt1—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33838. continuous - phpvsfiid 1167780; continuous - phpvsfiid 1167780
    Bt2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; thick reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33839. continuous - phpvsfiid 1167779; continuous - phpvsfiid 1167779
    Bt3—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; red (2.5YR 4/8) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33840. continuous - phpvsfiid 1167778; continuous - phpvsfiid 1167778
    Bt4—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and red (2.5YR 4/8) mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33841. continuous - phpvsfiid 1167777; continuous - phpvsfiid 1167777
    Bt1—135 to 158 centimeters (53.1 to 62.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33842. patchy - phpvsfiid 1167776; patchy - phpvsfiid 1167776
    Bt2—158 to 178 centimeters (62.2 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; thin gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33843. patchy - phpvsfiid 1167775; patchy - phpvsfiid 1167775
    BCg—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # 40A33844