IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: frequently flooded
  • User Site ID: S2011OK007004
  • User Pedon ID: S2011OK007004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2011OK007004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N0017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72922
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 36.5544739
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6315002
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK007—Beaver
  • MLRA: 77A—Southern High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK007—Beaver County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36100-E6—Balko SW, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven McGowen, Chris Hobbs, Alan Stahnke, Troy Collier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waka (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2011
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waka
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • 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: Holocene silty alluvium
  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: draw
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R077AY002TX Draw 16-22" PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMARA

    CAGI3

    SPCOC2

    Amaranthus

    Calamovilfa gigantea

    Sporobolus compositus var. compositus

    pigweed

    giant sandreed

    composite dropseed

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—203

    24—203

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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

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    860.1

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    35

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    Ap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 29 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bk—24 to 68 centimeters (9.4 to 26.8 inches); variegated 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), 40 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 40 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified stratified loam; 33 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 23 percent clay; 1 percent carbonate clay; strong very coarse platy parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 2 percent fine faint dendritic noncoherent cemented worm casts with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Akb—68 to 87 centimeters (26.8 to 34.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; 19 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 31 percent clay; 1 percent carbonate clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 1 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bkb1—87 to 110 centimeters (34.3 to 43.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 22 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 27 percent clay; 1 percent carbonate clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 1 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bkb2—110 to 166 centimeters (43.3 to 65.4 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; 21 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 33 percent clay; 1 percent carbonate clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 4 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter carbonate rock, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bkb3—166 to 203 centimeters (65.4 to 79.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 36 percent clay; 1 percent carbonate clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 1 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-20 millimeter carbonate rock, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small