IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saffell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001AR061002
  • User Pedon ID: S2001AR061002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0739
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15421
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 34.0063896
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9422226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4, NW1/7
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR061—Howard
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR061—Howard County, Arkansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34093-A8—Center Point, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jeff Olson & Marie Ross
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saffell
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03675
    Bt1—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03676. patchy - phpvsfiid 536005; patchy - phpvsfiid 536005
    Bt2—38 to 104 centimeters (15.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 32 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter novaculite fragments and 33 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03677. patchy - phpvsfiid 536006; patchy - phpvsfiid 536006
    BC—104 to 183 centimeters (40.9 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter novaculite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 03N03678