IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Japany
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003AR109011
  • User Pedon ID: S03AR109011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0325
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16268
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 34.0809708
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6240540
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8 South
  • Range: 25 West
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4,NW1/4,SW1/4
  • Map Unit: 849C—Japany silty clay loam, 1 to 5 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, Kichler
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Japany
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kipling
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: Cretaceous Western Coastal Plain upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Dierks Limestone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: grasses/legumes
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    aquic conditions

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—14

    14—170

    —-

    —14—

    —156—

    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

    146

    A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01847; observed in pit, small. Field Soil Sample Number S03AR109-11-1
    Bt1—14 to 30 centimeters (5.5 to 11.8 inches); silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 2 percent by volume rounded 5-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01848; observed in pit, small. Field Soil Sample Number S03AR109-11-2; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 268273; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 268273
    Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; slickensides (pedogenic) and 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium moderately coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume rounded 5-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01849; observed in pit, small. Field Soil Sample Number S03AR109-11-3; continuous - phpvsfiid 268274; continuous - phpvsfiid 268274
    Bt3—56 to 95 centimeters (22.0 to 37.4 inches); clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; slickensides (pedogenic) and 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume rounded 5-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01850; observed in pit, small. Field Soil Sample Number S03AR109-11-4; continuous - phpvsfiid 268276; continuous - phpvsfiid 268276
    Bt4—95 to 140 centimeters (37.4 to 55.1 inches); clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; slickensides (pedogenic) and 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium strongly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 1 percent by volume rounded 5-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N01851; observed in pit, small. Field Soil Sample Number S03AR109-11-5; continuous - phpvsfiid 268278; continuous - phpvsfiid 268278
    2BC—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume rounded 75-125-250 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume very angular 75-150-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume rounded 5-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N01852; observed in pit, small. Field Soil Sample Number S03AR109-11-6; continuous - phpvsfiid 268280; continuous - phpvsfiid 268280