IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vanoss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2017OK117003
  • User Pedon ID: S2017OK117003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2017OK117003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025
  • 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: 36.3840150
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6111683
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: about 2411 feet N and 2922 feet E of the SW corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK117—Pawnee
  • MLRA: 80A—Central Rolling Red Prairies
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-STW—Stillwater, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36096-D5—Bug Creek, Oklahoma
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis, Alspach
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, superactive, thermic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanoss (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 50 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2017
  • Classifier - Dennis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


  • SITE

  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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
    R080AY056OK Loamy Upland Apr 11 2017
  • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/11/2017 (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
  • 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

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bt4

    0

    21

    50

    73

    92

    115

    21

    50

    73

    92

    115

    203

    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

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bt4

    0

    21

    50

    73

    92

    115

    21

    50

    73

    92

    115

    203

    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

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bt4

    0

    21

    50

    73

    92

    115

    21

    50

    73

    92

    115

    203

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CYDA

    Cynodon dactylon

    Bermudagrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—50

    50—203

    —50—

    —153—

    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

    0.5

    248

    Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; few fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A—21 to 50 centimeters (8.3 to 19.7 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; few fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt1—50 to 73 centimeters (19.7 to 28.7 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; few (1.0) medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt2—73 to 92 centimeters (28.7 to 36.2 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; few medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 8 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt3—92 to 115 centimeters (36.2 to 45.3 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; few medium roots throughout; few medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt4—115 to 203 centimeters (45.3 to 79.9 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments.; moist when described;