IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oklark
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998OK007001
  • User Pedon ID: S1998OK007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10879
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.7559509
  • Std. Longitude: -100.2532501
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 3
  • MLRA: 77E—Southern High Plains, Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK007—Beaver County, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Troy Collier, Steve Alspach, Carl Woods
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oklark (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mansic
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 74
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—42

    18—200

    18—42

    42—122

    —42—

    —-

    —-

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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

    100

    —

    730

    —

    0

    530

    —

    188

    14

    —

    —

    15

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 5 percent fine cylindrical worm casts throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00118; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—18 to 42 centimeters (7.1 to 16.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 5 percent fine cylindrical worm casts throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00119; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—42 to 61 centimeters (16.5 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00120; observed in pit, small
    Bk3—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00121; observed in pit, small
    Bk4—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent coarse cylindrical carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00122; observed in pit, small
    Bk5—122 to 171 centimeters (48.0 to 67.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent coarse cylindrical carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 3 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00123; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 91567; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 91567
    Ck—171 to 200 centimeters (67.3 to 78.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, moist; loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent coarse cylindrical carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent coarse spherical carbonate nodules throughout and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 3 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P00124; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 91568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 91568