Supplement to the Soil Survey of Cherokee County, Oklahoma
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United States In cooperation with Department of the Oklahoma Agricultural Supplement to the Agriculture Experiment Station and the Oklahoma Conservation Soil Survey of Committee Natural Cherokee Resources Conservation Service County, Oklahoma Oklahoma* City How To Use This Soil Survey Supplement This document, in conjunction with the Web Soil Survey, supplements the Soil Survey of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, published in 1970. Find a map of your area of interest on the Web Soil Survey at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov. Note the map unit symbols in the area. Turn to the Contents in this supplement. The Contents lists the map units by symbol and name and shows the page where each map unit is described. Also see the Contents for sections of this publication that may address your specific needs. Advancements in technology and increases in the intensity and variety of land uses have produced a need for updated soils information. In preparation for this publication, the correlation for the Soil Survey of Cherokee County was amended in April 1997 and February 2001. This publication and the Web Soil Survey include the recorrelated map unit legend and updated information regarding major soil properties and the use and management of the soils. In some cases, the name of the map unit and the name of the soil series have changed from the first publication. The map unit symbols and map delineations have not changed. Web Soil Survey The latest detailed soil maps and updated tabular data, including soil properties and interpretations, are available on the Web Soil Survey at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov. Archived Soil Survey Comprehensive descriptions of the detailed soil map units and additional information about the soils in the survey area are archived in the original Soil Survey of Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Archived soil surveys are available from many libraries, from the local office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and from the Cherokee County Conservation District in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. i This document is a publication of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. Major fieldwork for the Soil Survey of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, was completed in 1966. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1967 and were amended in April 1997 and February 2001. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the survey area in 1997. The maps for the survey were recompiled utilizing photographic imagery at 1:24,000 and rectified to 1995 digital orthophotography for SSURGO digitizing. The survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. It is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Cherokee County Conservation District. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 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USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. ii Contents How To Use This Soil Survey Supplement ................................................................i Contents...................................................................................................................... iii Foreword ......................................................................................................................v How Soil Surveys Are Made ........................................................................................ 2 General Nature of the Survey Area .............................................................................. 3 Relief and Drainage ................................................................................................. 3 Settlement and Development .................................................................................. 3 Natural Resources ................................................................................................... 4 Transportation and Industry ..................................................................................... 4 Agriculture................................................................................................................ 5 Climate ..................................................................................................................... 5 Table 1.--Temperature and Precipitation ............................................................. 6 Table 2.--Freeze Dates in Spring and Fall .......................................................... 7 Table 3.--Growing Season................................................................................... 7 Detailed Soil Map Units ............................................................................................. 9 Table 4.--Acreage and Proportionate Extent of the Soils .......................................11 CaB—Captina silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ...................................................... 12 CkD—Clarksville very gravelly silt loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes ............................ 12 ClE—Clarksville stony silt loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes ....................................... 13 ClF—Clarksville stony silt loam, 20 to 50 percent slopes...................................... 13 CoC—Coweta fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes .......................................... 14 DAM—Large dam .................................................................................................. 15 DnB—Dennis silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ....................................................... 15 EdC—Eldorado silt loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes .................................................... 16 ElD—Eldorado stony silt loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes ......................................... 16 Es—Elsah very gravelly loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded ............. 17 HcC—Hector fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes............................................ 18 HlE—Hector-Linker association, 8 to 30 percent slopes ....................................... 18 JaA—Jay silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ............................................................. 19 LkC—Linker fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes ............................................. 20 LoB—Tonti gravelly silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes .............................................. 20 M-W—Miscellaneous water ................................................................................... 21 NaB—Newtonia silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ................................................... 21 NaC—Newtonia silt loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes ................................................... 22 NaC2—Newtonia silt loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, eroded .................................... 23 NixB—Nixa gravelly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes ............................................. 23 OkA—Okemah silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ........................................... 24 OkB—Okemah silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ........................................... 25 OkC—Okemah silty clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes ........................................... 25 Os—Osage clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded .............................. 26 PIT—Pits ................................................................................................................ 27 Rs—Rock outcrop-Hector complex, 40 to 100 percent slopes ............................. 27 SaA—Britwater silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes .................................................... 28 SaB—Britwater silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes .................................................... 28 iii SgB—Britwater gravelly silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ....................................... 29 SgD—Britwater gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes....................................... 30 Sm—Healing silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded ..................... 30 Sn—Razort gravelly loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded................ 31 SrA—Stigler silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ......................................................... 32 SuC2—Apperson silty clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, eroded .......................... 32 TkA—Taloka silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ........................................................ 33 TrD—Shidler-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes ................................. 34 TrF—Shidler-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes