IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rarden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960AR047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960AR047001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960AR047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4401
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40564
  • Print Date: 4/21/2026

    • 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: 35.6309280
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7915955
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Ozark, about 12 miles north on Arkansas Highway 23 to Barnes Road; east 3 miles on Barnes Road and 300 feet south of road.
  • State: Arkansas
  • County: AR047—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AR047—Franklin County, Arkansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dr. Frank Carlisle, Dr. H. C. Dean, Robert L. Juve, Marvin Lawson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rarden
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/1960
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AVU-2C120
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    QUAL

    QUST

    Quercus alba

    Quercus stellata

    white oak

    post 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

    15

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    488

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    270

    1270

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    13.3

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    Aoo—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A33583. 2 inches of leaf and twig litter. Not observable.
    A1—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33584. 10 percent streaks of black and strong brown.
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33585
    B1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33586
    B21—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33587
    B22—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay; reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine and 3 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) coarse prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A33588
    B23—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay; brown (10YR 5/3) and dark red (10R 3/6) and 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium and coarse prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33589. clay variegated.
    C1—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent nonintersecting slickensides; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33590. few fine roots along fracture cracks.
    C2—99 to 157 centimeters (39.0 to 61.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sandy clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium mottles; weak platy structure; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A33591. common fragments of weathered shale.