IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bethany
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956OK109002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956OK109002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4693
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41395
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 35.3944435
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6355591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 330 feet S of farm driveway on quarter
  • Location Description: 25 feet E. of rd.
  • Map Unit: BetA—Bethany silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK109—Oklahoma
  • MLRA: 80A—Central Rolling Red Prairies
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-STW—Stillwater, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35097-D6—Mustang, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.E. Baumann, Fred Dries
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bethany
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/25/2014
  • Classifier - Jeremy Dennis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bethany
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    secondary carbonates

    0—91

    46—203

    91—203

    —91—

    —157—

    —112—
    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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 19 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35635. Roots plentiful, rests abruptly on tillage shear contact.
    A—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 15 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35636
    BA—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 31 percent clay; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35637. Moderately friable clay, slight gray coating on peds when dry, faint clay skins, moderate amount roots.
    Bt—46 to 91 centimeters (18.1 to 35.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 9 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 39 percent clay; very hard, very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35638. Thick clay skins, occasional large roots.
    Btk1—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 13 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 39 percent clay; strong medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35639. Carbonate and Fe Mn nodules are numerous.
    Btk2—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 40 percent clay; very hard, very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35640. Clay mottled with reddish brown (5YR 4/4) moist. Few pores, very slowly permeable, Fe Mn nodules same as horizon above.
    Btk3—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 16 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 39 percent clay; very hard, very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 40A35641