IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Memphis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957AR107001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957AR107001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957AR107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4395
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40558
  • Print Date: 5/5/2024

    • 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: 34.5291672
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7927780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mile south of Walnut Corner on Hwy 1, 1/2 mile west on Old Little Rock Road, 500 feet northwest, near crest of slope.
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR107—Phillips
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR107—Phillips County, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.C. Dean, C.J. Finger, Marvin Lawson, Nelse Robertson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Memphis
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACER

    QUERC

    Acer

    Quercus

    maple

    oak

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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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    180

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33544
    B21—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt coats on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33545. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174725; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174725
    B22—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 10 percent white (10YR 8/1) silt coats on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33546. patchy - phpvsfiid 191468; patchy - phpvsfiid 191468
    B23—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A33547. patchy - phpvsfiid 191470; patchy - phpvsfiid 191470
    B3—109 to 188 centimeters (42.9 to 74.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A33548. boundary not exposed but apparently rather abrupt.
    C—188 to 244 centimeters (74.0 to 96.1 inches); silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3) coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A33549. sampled by bucket auger.