IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulysses
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987OK007005
  • User Pedon ID: 87OK007005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0676
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.5325000
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6838333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 22E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 373 meters N and 61 meters E of SW corner
  • Location Description: Beaver County, OK.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK007—Beaver
  • MLRA: 77A—Southern High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK007—Beaver County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36100-E6—Balko SW, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.Frie, B.Wagner, C.Cail, J.Ford, G.Sample
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulysses
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Holocene silty loess and/or parna
  • Landscape: high plains
  • Landform: loess plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—31

    31—203

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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

    —

    —

    874

    —

    270

    49

    —

    —

    14

    26

    3

    15

    27

    4

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    —

    —

    004298

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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P3610. few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1A1—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, very friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 30 percent coarse cylindrical worm casts and 1 percent fine cylindrical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P3611. very few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; many coarse worm casts concentrations; very few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1Bt—31 to 46 centimeters (12.2 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine cylindrical carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine cylindrical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P3612. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common organic coats surface features on vertical faces of peds; very few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232238; patchy - phpvsfiid 232237; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232238; patchy - phpvsfiid 232237
    1Btk1—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 37 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent fine cylindrical carbonate masses and 30 percent medium cylindrical carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P3613. many medium carbonate concretions concentrations; many fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common organic coats surface features on vertical faces of peds; very few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232240; continuous - phpvsfiid 232239; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232240; continuous - phpvsfiid 232239
    1Btk2—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine cylindrical carbonate masses and 1 percent medium cylindrical carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P3614. few medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common organic coats surface features on vertical faces of peds; very few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232242; continuous - phpvsfiid 232241; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232242; continuous - phpvsfiid 232241
    1Btk3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 37 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent coarse cylindrical carbonate concretions and 11 percent medium cylindrical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P3615. common coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common organic coats surface features on vertical faces of peds; very few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232244; continuous - phpvsfiid 232243; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232244; continuous - phpvsfiid 232243
    1Btk4—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 37 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent coarse cylindrical carbonate concretions and 11 percent medium cylindrical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P3616. common coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common organic coats surface features on vertical faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232245; continuous - phpvsfiid 222261; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232245; continuous - phpvsfiid 222261