IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Littleaxe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Littleaxe_OSD_TL
  • User Pedon ID: Littleaxe_OSD_TL
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - OSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74-OK-14-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79954
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 35.2027000
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2365806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 646 meters (2,120 feet) west and 116 meters (380 feet) south of northeast corner of sec. 6, T. 8 N., R. 1 E.
  • Location Description: Cleveland County, Oklahoma; about 17.7 kilometers (11 miles) east of intersection of Oklahoma State Highway 9 and U.S. Highway 77.
  • Map Unit: 15—Littleaxe loamy fine sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK027—Cleveland
  • MLRA: 84A—North Cross Timbers
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-STW—Stillwater, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35097-B2—Little Axe, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Boulier, Peschel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Ultic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Littleaxe (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2016
  • Classifier - Jerry Weinheimer
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weatherford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Ultic Haplustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/1974
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • 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: residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent sandstone and shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R084AY075OK Sandy Loam Savannah

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Boulier, Peschel
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion rill
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    weakly coherent

    132 - 157

    - 25 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic materials

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—18

    18—41

    41—132

    132—157

    —18—

    —23—

    —91—

    —25—
    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

    2

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    135

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; 74 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74OK1421
    E—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 79 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74OK1422
    Bt1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 45 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74OK1423
    Bt2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74OK1424
    Bt3—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); variegated reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74OK1425
    Bt4—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); variegated reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist; fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74OK1426
    Cr—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 5/8) bedrock; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 74OK1427