IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Balko
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: silt loam
  • User Site ID: S2004OK007004
  • User Pedon ID: S2004OK007004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1156
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16913
  • 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: 36.6404152
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6643906
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK007—Beaver
  • MLRA: 77A—Southern High Plains, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK007—Beaver County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36100-F6—Balko, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven McGowen, Jim Ford, Troy Collier, Charles Cail, Richard Gelnar, Tyson Morley, T. Craig Byrd
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Balko (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2020
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sherm
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/2004
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Pleistocene silty and clayey calcareous loess
  • Landscape: high plains
  • Landform: interfluve on loess plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 99
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    2Bkk1

    2Bkk2

    2Bkk3

    35

    53

    81

    129

    154

    182

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    81

    129

    154

    182

    206

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    2Bkk1

    2Bkk2

    2Bkk3

    35

    53

    81

    129

    154

    182

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    2Bkk1

    2Bkk2

    2Bkk3

    35

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    129

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—81

    17—129

    35—206

    129—206

    129—206

    —81—

    —112—

    —171—

    —77—

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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

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    A—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 7.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 0.1 very fine and 0.1 fine pores; fine worm casts throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bt—17 to 35 centimeters (6.7 to 13.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 7.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fine worm casts throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269153; continuous - phpvsfiid 269152; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269153; continuous - phpvsfiid 269152
    Btk1—35 to 53 centimeters (13.8 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench. Fine roots occur along ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 269154; continuous - phpvsfiid 269155; continuous - phpvsfiid 269154; continuous - phpvsfiid 269155
    Btk2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; 35 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent fine carbonate masses throughout and 12 percent medium carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent medium spherical carbonate masses on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench. 10% visable soft masses. Roots present along ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 269156; continuous - phpvsfiid 269157; continuous - phpvsfiid 269156; continuous - phpvsfiid 269157
    Btk3—81 to 129 centimeters (31.9 to 50.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face and 50 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior and 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent prominent organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules throughout and 12 percent fine carbonate masses throughout and 12 percent medium cylindrical carbonate masses on vertical faces of peds and 12 percent medium spherical carbonate masses on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench. Strong effervescence on carbonate concretions. 15% visable carbonates. Organic stains on prism faces. Two visable crotovinas approximately 4 inches in diameter one elongated and another rounded. Material is infilled with a mixture of calcareous material from below. Contains coarse sands and/or opaline material from the degraded calcic horizons.; continuous - phpvsfiid 269163; continuous - phpvsfiid 269164; continuous - phpvsfiid 269165; continuous - phpvsfiid 269163; continuous - phpvsfiid 269164; continuous - phpvsfiid 269165
    2Bkk1—129 to 154 centimeters (50.8 to 60.6 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) broken face, pink (7.5YR 7/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; weak medium platy structure; soft; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.1 medium pores; 35 percent carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench. 4 inch diameter crotovina infilled with dark brown loamy materal from upper horizons.
    2Bkk2—154 to 182 centimeters (60.6 to 71.7 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) broken face, pink (7.5YR 7/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft; 0.1 very fine pores; 35 percent carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 5 percent medium carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench. 4 inch diameter crotovina infilled with dark brown loamy material form upper horizons.
    2Bkk3—182 to 206 centimeters (71.7 to 81.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) broken face, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; 35 percent carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 5 percent coarse carbonate masses throughout and 10 percent fine carbonate nodules throughout and 5 percent medium carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in trench. Iron-manganese concretions are relict features. 45% visable carbonates.