IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Billstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003AR109006
  • User Pedon ID: S03AR109006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0320
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16263
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.9916115
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4903336
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 South
  • Range: 23 West
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4,NW1/4,SW1/4
  • Map Unit: 843C—Billstown loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR109—Pike
  • MLRA: 135B—Cretaceous Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR109—Pike County, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Benham, Rhodes, Olson, Ross, Mersiovsky, Kichler
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Billstown
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oktibbeha
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: Cretaceous Western Coastal Plain upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Brownstown Marl formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 99U
  • Plant Association Name: clear cut
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—33

    18—200

    162—200

    —33—

    —182—

    —38—
    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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    107

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01813; observed in pit, small. Field soil sample number S03AR109-6-1
    E—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium distinct iron depletions and 5 percent medium faint iron depletions; 20 percent by volume rounded 5-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01814; observed in pit, small. Field soil sample number S03AR109-6-2
    Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01815; observed in pit, small. Field soil sample number S03AR109-6-3
    Bt2—56 to 82 centimeters (22.0 to 32.3 inches); clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 25 percent medium prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01816; observed in pit, small. Field soil sample number S03AR109-6-4
    Btssg—82 to 125 centimeters (32.3 to 49.2 inches); clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent pressure faces; 15 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01817; observed in pit, small. Field soil sample number S03AR109-6-5; continuous - phpvsfiid 268316; continuous - phpvsfiid 268317; continuous - phpvsfiid 268316; continuous - phpvsfiid 268317
    2Btss1—125 to 162 centimeters (49.2 to 63.8 inches); clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent pressure faces and 40 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 15 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01818; observed in pit, small. Field soil sample number S03AR109-6-6; continuous - phpvsfiid 268319; continuous - phpvsfiid 268321; continuous - phpvsfiid 268319; continuous - phpvsfiid 268321
    2Btkss2—162 to 200 centimeters (63.8 to 78.7 inches); clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent carbonate coats and 30 percent organic stains and 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent pressure faces and 40 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N01819; observed in pit, small. Field soil sample number S03AR109-6-7; continuous - phpvsfiid 268322; continuous - phpvsfiid 268324; continuous - phpvsfiid 268322; continuous - phpvsfiid 268324