IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vanoss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953OK117040
  • User Pedon ID: S1953OK117040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4737
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41439
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 36.4124985
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6561127
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet S of the W quarter corner
  • Location Description: 9 1/2 mi. NE of Pawnee, 3 1/4 mi. NE of Skedee.
  • Map Unit: VanA—Vanoss silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK117—Pawnee
  • MLRA: 80A—Central Rolling Red Prairies
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-STW—Stillwater, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36096-D6—Skedee, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. M. Galloway
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanoss
  • PSC - 69 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/17/2016
  • Classifier - Jerry Weinheimer
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanoss
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—102

    69—102

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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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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.2 very fine roots; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A35979. many worm casts concentrations; very few to few very fine roots
    A2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); silt loam; 19 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 21 percent clay; fragments. Lab sample # 40A35980. Very similar to horizon above but slightly darker in color.
    AB—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 21 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A35981. roots, root holes and worm casts numerous; occasional light brn spots. porous and permeable. grades to the horizon below.
    BA—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A35982. worm holes, casts, pin holes and fine vertical cracks numerous; grades to horizon below.
    Bt1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 31 percent clay; fragments. Lab sample # 40A35983. much like the layer above but has a few medium distinct reddish brn mottles.
    Bt2—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 17 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 35 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A35984. peds have weakly shiny dark reddish brn clay films; fine pores and larger root channels numerous; living roots abundant.; few coarse distinct 5YR56 mottles
    BC—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 32 percent clay; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A35985. similar to layer above but slightly less dark and has no evidence of clay films on peds.
    C1—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, 5YR 3/6 (5YR 3/6) interior, moist; clay loam; 22 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 5.5 tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A35986. clay content appears slightly lower than in layer above; many roots
    C2—178 to 244 centimeters (70.1 to 96.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; loam; 25 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 26 percent clay; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A35987. Contains occasional bands of light brn color but changes very little to greatest depth sampled.