IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Savannah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AR125002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AR125002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960AR125002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4404
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40567
  • 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: 34.4736099
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5327759
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: south from Benton, Arkansas, on Arkansas Highway 35 about 6 miles at top of hill one mile north of Saline-Grant County line and 300 feet east of highway.
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR125—Saline
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR125—Saline County, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dr. H. C. Dean, Robert L Juve, Marvin Lawson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CQQ-3R-57
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CORNU

    GAYLU

    ILEX

    PIEC2

    PITA

    QUNI

    RHUS

    Cornus

    Gaylussacia

    Ilex

    Pinus echinata

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus nigra

    Rhus

    dogwood

    huckleberry

    holly

    shortleaf pine

    loblolly pine

    water oak

    sumac

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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

    3

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    90

    1270

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    17.2

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    Aoo—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A33613. Leaf and twig litter.
    Ao—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A33614. Patchy very dark gray humus matted with roots.
    A1—4 to 19 centimeters (1.6 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33615
    A2—19 to 32 centimeters (7.5 to 12.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33616
    A3—32 to 52 centimeters (12.6 to 20.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33617
    B2—52 to 73 centimeters (20.5 to 28.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33618. patchy - phpvsfiid 176706; patchy - phpvsfiid 176706
    Bx1—73 to 95 centimeters (28.7 to 37.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; gray (10YR 5/1) and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium mottles; massive parts to coarse angular blocky; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 coarse and 0.5 pores; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33619
    Bx2—95 to 123 centimeters (37.4 to 48.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33620
    Bx3—123 to 164 centimeters (48.4 to 64.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; pale brown (10YR 6/3) and gray (10YR 6/1) and 10 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 10 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A33621. patchy - phpvsfiid 176711; patchy - phpvsfiid 176711