IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969AR143014
  • User Pedon ID: 1969AR143014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UARK
  • Lab Pedon # - 63WS04
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52963
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 36.0288250
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3332028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T16N
  • Range: R32W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 390 feet E and 228 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 390 feet east and 228 ft S of NW corner Sec. 36, T16N, R32W
  • Map Unit: JaC—Jay silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR143—Washington
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR143—Washington County, Arkansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36094-A3—Wheeler, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Horn, Harper, Finger, Phillips
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Jay (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 23 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/2013
  • Classifier - J.R. Perkins
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dennis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, thermic Typic Paleudolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 23 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/2013
  • Classifier - J.R. Perkins
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over pedisediment
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/1963 (entry creation 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    64 - 183

    - 119 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—41

    41—183

    64—183

    64—183

    74—183

    —41—

    —142—

    —119—

    —119—

    —109—
    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

    3

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    —

    335.3

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 14 percent sand; 79 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many (6.0) fine roots; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Ab—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 6 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; many (5.0) fine roots; common (2.0) pores; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bt—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 5 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (2.0) roots; common (2.0) pores; clay films on surfaces along pores and clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Manuscript states: "krotovinas up to 3 inches in diameter filled with grayish brown silt loam" I have no idea what they are actually describing, and thus no entry was made.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187688; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187695; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187688; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187695
    2Btx1—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 73 percent silt; 21 percent clay; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; few (0.5) roots; 1 percent faint sand coats and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium weakly coherent cemented N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 6 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1187694; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187697; patchy - phpvsfiid 1187694; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187697
    2Btx21—74 to 117 centimeters (29.1 to 46.1 inches); 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silt loam; 4 percent sand; 73 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; common (2.0) fine roots in cracks; 2.0 fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium weakly coherent cemented N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 6 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 12 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1187690; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1187690
    2Btx22—117 to 183 centimeters (46.1 to 72.0 inches); 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 12 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay depletions on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Manuscript states: "Many, dark-colored hard concretions in uppermost 12 inches; concretions decrease in number with increasing depth."; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187692; continuous - phpvsfiid 1187692
    BCg11—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # UAR0002372
    BCg12—175 to 188 centimeters (68.9 to 74.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # UAR0002373