IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hontas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979AR063004M
  • User Pedon ID: 1979AR063004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UARK
  • Lab Pedon # - 79ID04
  • Print Date: 4/22/2026

    • 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: 35.6750000
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5717000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T12N
  • Range: R5W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4, Sec. 18, T12N, R5W
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR063—Independence
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hontas
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Eutrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/2017
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; few fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; few fine roots; 2 percent iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UAR0011763
    BA—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; gray (10YR 6/1) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; common fine pores; 2 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0011764
    Bwg—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 2 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine pores; 2 percent manganese coatings and 15 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0011765
    Cg1—97 to 147 centimeters (38.2 to 57.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) mottles; massive; firm; common fine pores; 2 percent manganese coatings and 20 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UAR0011766
    Cg2—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 20 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent manganese coatings; fragments.