IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abbie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: loam
  • User Site ID: S2006OK007001
  • User Pedon ID: S2006OK007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0485
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19605
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025
  • 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: 36.7321663
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6064148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NE/4, NW/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK007—Beaver
  • MLRA: 77E—Southern High Plains, Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK007—Beaver County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36100-F5—Balko NE, Oklahoma
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven McGowen, Jacob Bushong
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Abbie (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 16 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2011
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alibates
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Pleistocene fine-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: dissected high plains
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • 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: 10/26/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bt

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    2Btk4

    2Bkk

    0

    16

    27

    47

    68

    111

    140

    16

    27

    47

    68

    111

    140

    185

    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

    Ap

    Bt

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    2Btk4

    2Bkk

    0

    16

    27

    47

    68

    111

    140

    16

    27

    47

    68

    111

    140

    185

    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 %

    Ap

    Bt

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    2Btk4

    2Bkk

    0

    16

    27

    47

    68

    111

    140

    16

    27

    47

    68

    111

    140

    185

    2

    1

    7

    7

    3

    2

    41

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—27

    16—140

    140—185

    —27—

    —124—

    —45—

    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

    2

    796

    135

    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bt—16 to 27 centimeters (6.3 to 10.6 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 354618; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 354618
    Btk1—27 to 47 centimeters (10.6 to 18.5 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent distinct carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 354617; continuous - phpvsfiid 354619; continuous - phpvsfiid 354617; continuous - phpvsfiid 354619
    Btk2—47 to 68 centimeters (18.5 to 26.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 354621; continuous - phpvsfiid 354620; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 354621; continuous - phpvsfiid 354620
    Btk3—68 to 111 centimeters (26.8 to 43.7 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; 8 percent distinct carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds and 40 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 354623; continuous - phpvsfiid 354622; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 354623; continuous - phpvsfiid 354622
    2Btk4—111 to 140 centimeters (43.7 to 55.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 14 percent medium prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 1 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 354624; continuous - phpvsfiid 354625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 354624; continuous - phpvsfiid 354625
    2Bkk—140 to 185 centimeters (55.1 to 72.8 inches);, pink (7.5YR 8/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 60 percent prominent noncoherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 25 percent coarse distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions with clear boundaries throughout and 25 percent coarse distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent very coarse distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0.; observed in trench