IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Huska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995OK109017
  • User Pedon ID: S1995OK109017
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Transect Interval - 25.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0396
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65739
  • 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: 35.7059904
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4897832
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: About 2085 feet south and 1780 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: sec. 11, T. 14 N., R. 3 W.
  • Map Unit: PdHC—Piedmont-Huska complex, 1 to 5 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-F4—Edmond, Oklahoma
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.G.Bourlier. and A.R.Johnson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Mollic Natrustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Huska
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/2016
  • Classifier - Jerry Weinheimer
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huska
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Mollic Natrustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/15/1995
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from siltstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: moderate weathered siltstone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/15/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3-NW
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    weakly coherent

    97 - 122

    - 25 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—8

    8—97

    46—97

    97—122

    —8—

    —89—

    —51—

    —25—

    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

    357

    45

    864

    15.6

    26.7

    3.9

    16.7

    27.8

    5

    72357

    National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman OK.

    Official U.S.

    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 19 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02946
    Bt—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 26 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 45 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine vesicular and tubular and 1.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, and 1 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02947. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93722; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93723; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93722; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93723
    Btk1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 25 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02948. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93725; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93725
    Btk2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 24 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout and 4 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02949. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93716; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93716
    Btkn—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 39 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout and 6 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-5-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02950. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93717; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 93717
    BCtky—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout and 1 percent fine carbonate masses throughout and 6 percent fine gypsum threads throughout; , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-5-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02951. patchy - phpvsfiid 93718; patchy - phpvsfiid 93718
    Cr—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; bedrock; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P02952