IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aspermont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997OK065004
  • User Pedon ID: S1997OK065004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10188
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 34.6257500
  • Std. Longitude: -99.6089583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet north and 1500 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Jackson County, Oklahoma; From the intersection of US Hwy 62 and OK Hwy 34 in Duke, about 2.7 miles south on Hwy 34 and 3 miles west on county road E1650; 950 feet north and 1550 feet east of the southwest corner of section 22, T2N, R23W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK065—Jackson
  • MLRA: 78B—Central Rolling Red Plains, Western Part
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-ALT—Altus, Oklahoma
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK065—Jackson County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34099-F5—Duke, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Keenan,Clay Salisbury,Charles Cail,Dennis Ressel,Tom Reinsch,Richard Gelnar,Dwaine Gelnar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Calciustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aspermont
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2019
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aspermont
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Calcic Ustochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous silty colluvium over silty and clayey residuum
  • Landscape: karstland on dissected plains
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: noncoherent shale and siltstone at 128cm
  • Geology: Blaine Formation Of Permian Age formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, densic

    noncoherent

    130 - 231

    - 101 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    densic materials

    0—15

    15—130

    130—231

    —15—

    —115—

    —101—
    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

    —

    —

    440

    —

    635

    —

    210

    16.5

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    —

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; hard when dry, very friable; 6.0 very fine to medium roots; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02986
    Bk1—15 to 58 centimeters (5.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 6.0 very fine to medium roots; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses and 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02987
    Bk2—58 to 87 centimeters (22.8 to 34.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions and 5 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02988
    Bk3—87 to 109 centimeters (34.3 to 42.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions and 5 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses in cracks; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02989
    BCk—109 to 128 centimeters (42.9 to 50.4 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses and 5 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02990
    Crd1—128 to 172 centimeters (50.4 to 67.7 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 30 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses and 10 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions; 50 percent by volume angular 2-25-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02991
    Crd2—172 to 231 centimeters (67.7 to 90.9 inches); 28 percent pink (5YR 7/4) and 28 percent light greenish gray (5GY 7/1) and 28 percent light red (2.5YR 7/8) and 16 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), 28 percent olive yellow (5Y 6/6) and 28 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) and 28 percent light red (2.5YR 6/8) and 16 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, firm; 20 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P02992. This horizon consisted of weathered interbedded Permian Redbeds.