IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rarden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AR047002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AR047002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960AR047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4402
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40565
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 35.6503754
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7315903
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4SW1/4NW1/4
  • Location Description: from Ozark about 12 miles north on Arkansas Highway 23 to Barnes Road. East on Barnes Road 11.3 miles and 100 feet north of road.
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR047—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR047—Franklin County, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dr. Frank Carlisle, Dr. H. C. Dean, Robert L. Juve, Marvin Lawson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rarden
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/1960
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AVU-3C-12
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUAL

    Quercus alba

    white oak

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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

    8

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    488

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    270

    1270

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    13.3

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    Aoo—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A33592. Leaf and twig litter.
    Ao—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2); fragments. Lab sample # 40A33593. organic matter in a mass of roots and containing considerable fine sand.
    A—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33594. An outwash condition was discovered after samples were taken. It is wash from drains cut away from the road above the site.
    A1—9 to 17 centimeters (3.5 to 6.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33595
    B1—17 to 24 centimeters (6.7 to 9.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33596
    B21—24 to 60 centimeters (9.4 to 23.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33597. continuous - phpvsfiid 176704; continuous - phpvsfiid 176704
    B22—60 to 75 centimeters (23.6 to 29.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium and coarse mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33598. continuous - phpvsfiid 176707; continuous - phpvsfiid 176707
    B23—75 to 103 centimeters (29.5 to 40.6 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) clay; 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 10 percent nonintersecting slickensides and 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33599. continuous - phpvsfiid 176708; continuous - phpvsfiid 176708
    C1—103 to 121 centimeters (40.6 to 47.6 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) silty clay; 35 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) medium and coarse prominent mottles; platy parts to fine angular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A33600
    C2—121 to 161 centimeters (47.6 to 63.4 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) and yellow (10YR 7/8) interior; 3 percent dusky red (10R 3/4) coarse prominent mottles; platy structure; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A33601