IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rarden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956AR143005M
  • User Pedon ID: 1956AR143005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UARK
  • Lab Pedon # - 56WS05
  • Print Date: 4/21/2026

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: W side of Fayetteville, Ark. Hwy 16, base of hill W of Jct. 112
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR143—Washington
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.C. Dean, M. Lawson, C.J. Finger, R.P. Bartholomew, T.T. Millard, and H.K. Sager
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rarden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquultic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/2017
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/2012 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; many fine roots and few coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 5-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0000251
    E—15 to 18 centimeters (5.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; many fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear broken boundary.
    2Bt1—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; 50 percent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear broken boundary.
    2Bt2—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; many fine roots and many coarse roots; 2 percent iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0000252
    2Bt3—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; few fine roots and few coarse roots; 2 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0000253
    2Btg—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; 20 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; few coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # UAR0000254
    2BC—91 to 97 centimeters (35.8 to 38.2 inches); clay; few coarse roots; 25 percent by volume 5-?-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments.