LOCATION TULLAHASSEE        OK

Established Series
Rev. JFH: CRC
03/2006

TULLAHASSEE SERIES

The Tullahassee series consists of very deep somewhat poorly drained soils that formed in material weathered from mainly loamy alluvium of Pleistocene age. These nearly level soils are on smooth flood plains of local narrow streams that generally drain onto flood plains of larger streams in the Cherokee Prairies (MLRA 112). Slopes are 0 to 1 percent. These soils have an apparent water table at a depth of 15 to 91 centimeters (1/2 foot to 3 feet) in the winter and spring. Mean annual precipitation is 104 centimeters (41 inches). Mean annual temperature is 17 degrees C. (62 degrees F.) at the type location.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, thermic Aquic Udifluvents

TYPICAL PEDON: Tullahassee fine sandy loam--pasture. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

A1--0 to 41 centimeters (0 to 16 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; many fine roots; bedding planes in lower part; slightly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (15 to 51 centimeters (6 to 20 inches) thick)

C1--41 to 76 centimeters (16 to 30 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; common medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) redoximorphic depletions and concentrations; massive with bedding planes; soft, friable; slightly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (30 to 46 centimeters (12 to 18 inches) thick)

C2--76 to 142 centimeters (30 to 56 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sandy loam, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) dry; common medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), and few fine distinct reddish brown redoximorphic depletions and concentrations; massive with bedding planes; slightly hard, friable; slightly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (38 to 76 centimeters (15 to 30 inches) thick)

C3--142 to 163 centimeters (56 to 64 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stratified fine sandy loam and loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; few fine faint dark brown mottles; massive; hard, firm; slightly acid.

TYPE LOCATION: Wagoner County, Oklahoma; about 3 kilometers (2 miles) south and 7 kilometers (4-1/2 miles) west of Coweta; 805 meters (2,640 feet) west and 30 meters (100 feet) north of the southwest corner of sec. 20, T. 17 N., R. 15 E.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil reaction: medium acid to neutral
Thin strata of contrasting textures: throughout the soil but are more evident with depth

A horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Va1ue: 3 to 5
Chroma: 2 to 4
Some pedons have redoximorphic features: brown or gray colors
Texture: fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand, or loam
Pedons less than 10 inches thick: value of 3 and chroma of 2 or 3.

C1 horizon:
Co1or similar to the A horizon.

C2 horizon and C3 horizons:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 2 to 4
Redoximorphic features: co1ors of brown, gray, yellow, or red
Texture: fine sandy loam or loam with thin strata of coarser or finer material
Clay content: 5 to 18 percent

COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landform: nearly level floodplains
Slopes: O to 1 percent
Flooding: frequent flooding for very brief to long periods during summer and spring months
Parent Material: loamy alluvium with thin strata of sandy materials
Annual precipitation: 97 to 112 centimeters (38 to 44 inches)
Annual temperature: 14 to 18 degrees C. (58 to 64 degrees F.)
Thornthwaite P-E indices: 64 to 76

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Choska, Kiomatia, Latanier, Moreland, and Okay series.
Choska, Latanier, Moreland, and Okay soils are higher in elevation, and they have a mollic epipedon.
Kiomatia soils are in lower positions on sandy floodplains and have a sandy control sections with rapid permeability.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage: somewhat poorly drained
Runoff: high
Saturated hydraulic conductivity: high
Ground water table: 15 to 91 centimeters (0.5 to 3 feet) of the surface during winter and spring months

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas have been cleared and are used for pasture.
Pasture species are fescue, clover, and bermudagrass.
Native vegetation is mixed hardwoods.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northeastern Oklahoma, possibly southeastern Kansas, southwestern Missouri, and northwestern Arkansas. The series is of minor extent.

MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Salina, Kansas

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Wagoner County, Oklahoma; 1972.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon: 0 to 41 centimeters (0 to 16 inches) (A horizon)
Moisture regime: udic
Irregular decrease in organic carbon content: 41 to 163 centimeters (16 to 64 inches)

Soil Interpretation Record No. OK0079

This series would have been classified in the Alluvial great soil group.

Modified format by LRM in 1/2006 to include metric conversion and change permeability to saturated hydraulic conductivity.

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.