IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waurika
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992OK109003
  • User Pedon ID: S1992OK109003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992OK109003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0398
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65741
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.5433350
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6541672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: about 2540 feet W and 2230 feet N from SE corner
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob G. Bourlier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waurika
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Classifier - J. Dennis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waurika
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Argialboll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: basin floor
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10NIN
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMCA6

    ANGE

    BOCU

    BOGR2

    BUDA

    PAVI2

    SCSC

    SOLID

    SONU2

    SYOR

    Amorpha canescens

    Andropogon gerardii

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Buchloe dactyloides

    Panicum virgatum

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Solidago

    Sorghastrum nutans

    Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

    leadplant

    big bluestem

    sideoats grama

    blue grama

    buffalograss

    switchgrass

    little bluestem

    goldenrod

    Indiangrass

    coralberry

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—33

    33—213

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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

    1

    76

    31

    389

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    838

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    15

    27

    4

    13

    25

    2

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    72357

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, 90 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 24 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 20 percent clay; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine platy, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02960; moist when described;. mottles are not present in cultivated fields.
    A—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, 98 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 14 percent clay; 2 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. mottles are not present in cultivated fields.
    E—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) rubbed, 98 percent gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, dry; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 14 percent clay; 2 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02961; moist when described;. E horizons are absent in some cultivated fields; mottles are not present in cultivated fields.
    Bt1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, 90 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 29 percent clay; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02962; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 1231711; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231711
    Bt2—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; clay loam; 33 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02963; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 1231712; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231712
    Btk1—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine threadlike lime masses and 1 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions and 10 percent medium and coarse irregular lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. no sample.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231713; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231713
    Btk2—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) rubbed, 90 percent gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, dry; silty clay; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine threadlike lime masses and 1 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions and 25 percent medium and coarse irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. no sample.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1231714; patchy - phpvsfiid 1231714
    2Btb—175 to 213 centimeters (68.9 to 83.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) rubbed, 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, dry; silty clay; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine and coarse distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine threadlike lime masses and 1 percent medium and coarse irregular lime masses; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter quartzite fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified.; moist when described;. no sample.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231715; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231715