IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): EASTALL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OK065003
  • User Pedon ID: 98OK065003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0553
  • 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: 34.5139167
  • Std. Longitude: -99.6035278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet north and 2100 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Jackson County, Oklahoma; from the intersection of US Highways 283 and 62 in Altus, about 15 miles west and 9 miles south, then about 2500 feet north and 2100 feet west of the southeast corner of Section 34, Township 1 north, Range 23 west.
  • Map Unit: EatA—Eastall silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK065—Jackson
  • MLRA: 78B—Central Rolling Red Plains, Western Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-ALT—Altus, Oklahoma
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK065—Jackson County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34099-E5—Prairie Hill, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Conrad Neitsch, Charles Cail, Richard Gelnar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, nonacid, thermic Ustic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - EASTALL
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, nonacid, thermic Ustic Epiaquerts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1998
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: karst on dissected plains
  • Landform: pothole
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    slickensides

    48—241

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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

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03236
    A—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03237
    Bw—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and wedge structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 20 percent distinct pressure faces; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03238
    Bss1—48 to 99 centimeters (18.9 to 39.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and wedge structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 60 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03239
    Bss2—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and wedge structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 60 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03240
    Bss3—142 to 193 centimeters (55.9 to 76.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and wedge structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 40 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03241
    Bssk—193 to 241 centimeters (76.0 to 94.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and wedge structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent carbonate coats and 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine carbonate threads and 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 98P03242