Stuttgart soil and landscape
Arkansas State Soil
Soil profile: The Stuttgart series consists of very deep, moderately well to somewhat poorly drained, slowly permeable soils that formed in silty and clayey alluvium. There is an abrupt texture change between the ochric epipedon and the underlying argillic horizon. (Soil Survey of Arkansas County, Arkansas; by Cornelius Harris, Kenneth Crader, and Edgar Mersiovsky, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Landscape: Because of the surface layer of silt loam and slow permeability in the clayey subsoil, the soils are ideal for rice production. These level to gently sloping soils are on Prairie terraces in the Lower Mississippi Valley, MLRA 131. Slopes are typically less than 3 percent, but range to 5 percent. The terraces are thought to be made up of sediments from the Arkansas River system with a silty mantle from the Mississippi River system. The upper mantle may be mixed with loess in some places.
Stuttgart soils are named for the City of Stuttgart in southeast Arkansas. They are used primarily for crops, mainly rice, soybeans, small grains, and corn. The Stuttgart area is famous for its large fall and winter population of ducks and geese. These waterfowl feed heavily on the crops grown on the Stuttgart soils. Stuttgart soils have been mapped on about 200,000 acres in Arkansas.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/arkansas/AR001...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/S/STUTTGART.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
Stuttgart soil and landscape
Arkansas State Soil
Soil profile: The Stuttgart series consists of very deep, moderately well to somewhat poorly drained, slowly permeable soils that formed in silty and clayey alluvium. There is an abrupt texture change between the ochric epipedon and the underlying argillic horizon. (Soil Survey of Arkansas County, Arkansas; by Cornelius Harris, Kenneth Crader, and Edgar Mersiovsky, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Landscape: Because of the surface layer of silt loam and slow permeability in the clayey subsoil, the soils are ideal for rice production. These level to gently sloping soils are on Prairie terraces in the Lower Mississippi Valley, MLRA 131. Slopes are typically less than 3 percent, but range to 5 percent. The terraces are thought to be made up of sediments from the Arkansas River system with a silty mantle from the Mississippi River system. The upper mantle may be mixed with loess in some places.
Stuttgart soils are named for the City of Stuttgart in southeast Arkansas. They are used primarily for crops, mainly rice, soybeans, small grains, and corn. The Stuttgart area is famous for its large fall and winter population of ducks and geese. These waterfowl feed heavily on the crops grown on the Stuttgart soils. Stuttgart soils have been mapped on about 200,000 acres in Arkansas.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/arkansas/AR001...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/S/STUTTGART.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: