IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): westola
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: ok065-WstA-westola-1
  • User Pedon ID: s2004ok-065-001 westola
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17082
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 34.6820000
  • Std. Longitude: -99.4072806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3 north
  • Range: 21 west
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 1050 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: From the intersection of U.S. Highways 62 and 283 in Altus, OK; about 3 miles north on highway 283, 4.2 miles west on a county road, and 300 feet north in cropland.
  • Map Unit: Ya—Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedWstA—Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK065—Jackson
  • MLRA: 78C—Central Rolling Red Plains, Eastern Part
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK065—Jackson County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34099-F4—Martha, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ALS, CDS, DDR, RFG, RMR, WJG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Typic Ustifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - westola
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - westola
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: recent coarse-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood-plain step
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods begining in apr
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: FS #12
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • 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

    0.3

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    420.3

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    660

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    215

    16.5

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 4.0 medium and 4.0 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bw1—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 2.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bw2—39 to 82 centimeters (15.4 to 32.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bw3—82 to 101 centimeters (32.3 to 39.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 4.0 very fine and 3.0 medium and 4.0 fine pores; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bw4—101 to 125 centimeters (39.8 to 49.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    2C1—125 to 133 centimeters (49.2 to 52.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; stratified stratified loam; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy structure; hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 2 percent fine carbonate masses and 1 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    2C2—133 to 141 centimeters (52.4 to 55.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; stratified stratified very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    2C3—141 to 175 centimeters (55.5 to 68.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), dry; stratified stratified very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak thin platy structure; hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 3 percent carbonate coats; 1 percent medium iron-manganese masses; 1 percent fine carbonate masses and 1 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    2C4—175 to 221 centimeters (68.9 to 87.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; stratified stratified loam; weak medium platy, and weak thin platy structure; hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent medium iron-manganese masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.; observed in trench