IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Taloka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957AR131002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957AR131002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4408
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40571
  • 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: 35.3038902
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3952789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 feet west of Buell Station sign on railroad which parallels Arkansas-U. S. Highway 71 about 5 miles south of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR131—Sebastian
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR131—Sebastian County, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. C. Dean, Marvin Lawson, C. J. Finger, and F. H. Stephens
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Taloka
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33643
    A12—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; 3 percent fine and medium spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33644
    A2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 3 percent medium and coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33645
    B21tg—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium and 5 percent weak red (10R 4/4) coarse and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A33646. arbitrary boundary.
    B22tg—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); gray (N 5/0) clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A33647
    B3g—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; weak fine platy structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A33648
    C1g—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent gray (N 6/0) clay; massive; very sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A33649
    Dr—173 to 218 centimeters (68.1 to 85.8 inches); shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A33650