IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kirkland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88OK109003
  • User Pedon ID: 88OK109003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60826
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 35.6866684
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6191635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: About 1750 feet north and 360 feet East from Southwest Corner
  • Map Unit: KrdA—Kirkland silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK109—Oklahoma
  • MLRA: 80A—Central Rolling Red Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK109—Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35097-F5—Bethany NE, Oklahoma
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob G. Bourlier, Gordon Moebius, Everette Cole
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Udertic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Oklahoma Soil Staff
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kirkland
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kirkland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium and/or clayey residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain on paleoterrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2-SW
  • Plant Association Name: R080AY010OK Claypan Prairie
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—84

    30—221

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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

    1

    329

    90

    864

    15.6

    26.7

    3.9

    16.7

    27.8

    5

    72357

    National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman Ok.

    Official U.S.

    A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; 18 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak very coarse platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; percent of Organic Carbon Lab estimate; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3773S; observed in pit, small
    A2—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 18 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; percent of Organic Carbon Lab estimate; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3774S; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay; 8 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 6.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent distinct black stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; percent of Organic Carbon Lab estimate; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3775S; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93797; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93801; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93797; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93801
    Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; 9 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; percent of Organic Carbon Lab estimate; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3776S; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93798; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93798
    Btky1—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 8 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 37 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate masses throughout and 4 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; percent of Organic Carbon Lab estimate; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3777S; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93799; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93799
    Btky2—112 to 160 centimeters (44.1 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 17 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 37 percent clay; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 4 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent fine carbonate masses throughout and 25 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; percent of Organic Carbon Lab estimate; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3778S; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93800; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93800
    Btk1—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); clay loam; 20 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 38 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent fine carbonate threads throughout; , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; percent of Organic Carbon Lab estimate; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3779S; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 93785; patchy - phpvsfiid 93785
    Btk2—183 to 221 centimeters (72.0 to 87.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; 29 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 34 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate threads throughout; fragments; percent of Organic Carbon Lab estimate; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P3780S; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 93786; patchy - phpvsfiid 93786
    2C—221 to 259 centimeters (87.0 to 102.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; stratified stratified sandy clay loam to silty clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; percent of Organic Carbon Lab estimate; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P3781S; observed in pit, small