LOCATION KAMIE OK+AR KS

Established Series
Rev. ELC-JWF-SSC
09/2018

KAMIE SERIES

The Kamie series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in material weathered from predominantly loamy alluvium of Pleistocene age. These very gently sloping to moderately steep soils are on high terraces mainly in the Ouachita Mountains, Cherokee Prairies, and Boston Mountains. Slope ranges from 1 to 20 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1020 mm (40 inches) and mean annual temperature is about 16 degrees C (61 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Paleudalfs

TYPICAL PEDON: Kamie fine sandy loam, on a convex, 3 percent slope in tame pasture on a summit of an interfluve, at an elevation of 200 meters above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Ap--0 to 15 cm (0 to 6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam, weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. [10 to 20 cm (4 to 8 inches) thick]

E--15 to 46 cm (6 to 18 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam, weak fine granular structure; very friable; few fine roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. [10 to 36 cm (4 to 14 inches) thick]

Bt1--46 to 107 cm (18 to 42 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few patchy clay films on faces of peds and bridging sand grains; strongly acid; diffuse wavy boundary. [25 to 76 cm (10 to 30 inches) thick]

Bt2--107 to 142 cm (42 to 56 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few patchy clay films on faces of peds and bridging sand grains; moderately acid; diffuse wavy boundary. [25 to 71 cm (10 to 28 inches) thick]

BC--142 to 178 cm (56 to 70 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fine sandy loam in about 75 percent of the volume, and red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam in a mixed pattern in about 21 percent of the volume; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; thin patchy clay films on faces of peds and bridging sand grains; skeletans or pockets of clean sand grains occupy about 4 percent of the volume; strongly acid.

TYPE LOCATION: Wagoner County, Oklahoma; about 2 miles southwest of Coweta; 1,000 feet west and 100 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 26, T. 17 N., R. 15 E.; USGS Coweta, Oklahoma topographic quadrangle; lat. 35.9298111 degrees and long. -95.6752389 degrees, WGS84.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the argillic horizon: 20 to 56 cm (8 to 22 inches)
Thickness of the ochric epipedon: 10 to 56 cm (4 to 22 inches)
Thickness of solum: more than 152 cm (60 inches)

A or Ap horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand
Reaction: neutral to strongly acid

E horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 or 6
Chroma: 3 to 6

Bt horizon:
Hue: 2.5YR or 5YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 4 to 8
Texture: sandy clay loam, clay loam
Reaction: slightly acid to strongly acid

BC horizon:
Hue: 2.5YR to 7.5YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 6 to 8
Texture: fine sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam
Reaction: slightly acid to very strongly acid
Note: Skeletans or pockets of clean sand grains comprise about 1 to 4 percent of the volume

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Macon soils of the same family and the Attoyac, Atwood, Calendonia, Elrose, Karma, Konawa, Lexington, Petal, Poindexter, and Sallisaw series. Attoyac, Calendonia, Elrose, and Petal soils are siliceous and have an average temperature regime of 18 degrees C (64 degrees F) or more. Atwood and Lexington soils are fine-silty. Karma, Konawa, and Poindexter soils have an argillic horizon that decreases in clay by more than 20 percent from the maximum at a depth of 1.5 meters. Also, Konawa soils have an ustic moisture regime. Macon soils have an average temperature regime of 18 degrees C (64 degrees F) or more. Sallisaw soils are siliceous and contain gravel in the argillic horizon.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Kamie soils are on high terraces and formed in loamy and sandy sediments. Slope ranges from 1 to 20 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 940 mm to 1168 mm (37 to 46 inches). Mean annual temperature ranges from 15 to 18 degrees C (59 to 64 degrees F). Elevation is 157 to 281 meters (515 to 923 feet) above mean sea level. Thornthwaite P-E indices are more than 64.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing Karma and Sallisaw series and the Glenpool, Larton, Muskogee, Okay, and Vian soils. Glenpool and Larton soils are usually on slightly lower terraces and have a thicker A horizon. Karma soils are on lower terraces. Muskogee, Okay, and Vian soils are on nearby landscapes. Muskogee and Vian soils are fine-silty and have gray mottles in the upper part of the argillic horizon. Okay soils have a mollic epipedon. Sallisaw soils are on lower terraces of local streams.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained. Potential for surface runoff is slow to medium. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high (14 to 42 um/s) in the upper part and moderately high (4 to 14 um/s) in the lower part of the series control section. Permeability is moderate.

USE AND VEGETATION: Principal use is tame pasture or forest. Small areas are cultivated and used for grain sorghums, peaches, melons, and other vegetable crops. Forest consists of mixed hardwoods, mainly red oak. Tame pasture is primarily bermudagrass.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRAs 112, 118A, 118B, and 135B in eastern and northeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Possibly Louisiana, and northeastern Texas. The series is of moderate extent.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Wagoner County, Oklahoma; 1972.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon: from the surface to a depth of 46 cm (18 inches) (Ap and E horizons).
Argillic horizon: from a depth of 46 to 142 cm (18 to 56 inches) (Bt1 and Bt2 horizons).
This series formerly was included in the Dougherty series.

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.