LOCATION CATOOSA OK+KS MOEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiudolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Catoosa silt loam--rangeland.
(Colors are for moist soils unless otherwise
stated.)
A1--0 to 10 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam, brown ? (7.5YR 5/2) dry; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; slightly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (6 to 14 inches thick)
B1--10 to 15 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silty clay
loam, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) dry; moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable; medium acid; gradual smooth boundary.
(3 to 10 inches thick)
B2t--15 to 28 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) dry; few fine distinct dark red mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films on faces of peds; few fine black concretions; slightly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (10 to 28 inches thick)
R--28 to 40 inches; hard limestone bedrock.
TYPE LOCATION: Tulsa County, Oklahoma; about 5 miles north of
Broken Arrow; 2,200 feet south and 1,750 feet west of the
northeast corner of sec. 15, T. 19 N., R. 14 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness and depth to hard limestone bedrock ranges from 20 to 40 inches.
The A1 horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and
chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is loam or silt loam. Reaction is
medium acid or slightly acid.
The B1 horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 to 4, and
chroma of 2 to 4. Texture is loam, silt loam, clay loam, or
silty clay loam. Reaction is medium acid or slightly acid.
The B2t horizon has hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 2 to 6. Texture is silty clay loam or clay loam. In
some pedons the lower part of the B2t horizon contain up to 10 percent by volume of chert and/or limestone fragments less than
76 mm in diameter and the clay content ranges from 32 to 39
percent. Reaction is strongly acid to neutral.
The R layer is grayish hard limestone bedrock from 2 to several
feet thick.
COMPETING SERIES: These are
Caspiana,
Dardanelle,
Deepwater,
Lula,
Mason,
Mer Rouge, and
Tiptonville series in the same
family. Soils in similar families are
Ashwood,
Claremore,
Fitzhugh,
Newtonia,
Nowata, and
Okay series. Ashwood soils have
a fine control section. Caspiana, Dardanelle, Deepwater, Lula, Mason, Mer Rouge, Newtonia, and Tiptonville soils have a solum
more than 40 inches thick. Claremore soils have a solum less
than 20 inches thick. Fitzhugh and Okay soils have a fine-loamy control section. Nowata soils have a loamy-skeletal control
section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Catoosa soils are on nearly level to sloping convex uplands in the Cherokee Prairies. Slopes are 0 to 8
percent. They formed in material weathered from limestone of Pennsylvanian age. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 37 to
45 inches. Mean annual temperature ranges from 57 to 64 degrees
F. Thornthwaite annual P-E indices are more than 64.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing
Claremore,
Lula, and
Newtonia series and the
Lenapah,
Shidler,
Scullin, and
Summit series. Claremore soils occur on ridges or
on areas nearest a bluff. Lenapah, Scullin, and Summit soils
have a fine control section. Lenapah and Scullin soils occur on areas similar to the Catoosa soils. Lula and Newtonia soils
occur on broad slightly concave flats. Summit soils occur on
side slopes. Shidler soils have a solum less than 20 inches
thick and occur on ridges.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; slow to medium runoff; moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Mainly used for native meadow or range.
Some of the less sloping areas are cultivated to small grains,
grain sorghums, or used for tame pasture. Native vegetation is tallgrass prairie.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Cherokee Prairies of Oklahoma, Kansas,
and possibly Missouri. The soil is of moderate extent.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Salina, Kansas
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Wagner County, Oklahoma; 1972.
REMARKS: These soils were formerly included in the Newtonia
series.