IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saffell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998AR109002
  • User Pedon ID: S98AR109002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998AR109002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0740
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15422
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 34.1472206
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7877808
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: NE14, SE1/4, NE1/4 Section 17, T.7 S., R.26 W.
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR109—Pike
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR109—Pike County, Arkansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34093-A8—Center Point, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jeff Olson Edgar Mersiovsky Ron Rhodes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saffell
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/12/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PITA

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly pine

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

    argillic horizon

    8—69

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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

    4

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    207

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); 98 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03679
    Bt1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); 98 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 fine pores; 3 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03680. patchy - phpvsfiid 271288; patchy - phpvsfiid 271288
    Bt2—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); 98 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 fine pores; 30 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03681. Chert fragments are also present and represent about 25 percent of the rock fragment total.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271289; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271289
    Bt3—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); 98 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 60 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03682. Chert fragments represent about 30 percent of the total rock fragment content.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271290; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271290
    Bt4—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); 45 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior extremely gravelly silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine pores; 55 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03683. Chert fragments represent about 25 percent of the total rock fragment content.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271291; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271291
    Bt5—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and 30 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) interior extremely gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 03N03684. Chert fragments represent about 30 percent of the total content of rock fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271292; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271292