Oxford soil and landscape
Soil profile: A representative soil profile of the Oxford series.
Landscape: Oxford soils are used dominantly for dryland cropping.
The Oxford series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in lacustrine deposits and alluvium derived from mixed sources. Oxford soils are on dissected lake terraces. Slopes are 2 to 50 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 16 inches and the mean annual temperature is about 44 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Haploxerepts
Soil moisture - Usually dry in the moisture control section for 45 to 60 consecutive days in the 4 months following the summer solstice.
Mean annual soil temperature - 44 to 47 degrees F.
Vertic features - Cracks: Extend to the base of the surface horizon annually and are open to the soil surface in some years.
Linear extensibility (LE) - 6 to 9 cm.
Particle-size control section - Clay content: 40 to 58 percent.
USE AND VEGETATION: Oxford soils are used dominantly for dryland cropping. Natural vegetation is assumed to have been basin big sagebrush, bluebunch wheatgrass, and sod-forming grasses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southeastern Idaho. These soils are moderately extensive. The series concept and main acreage is in MLRA 28A, while other acreage occurs in MLRA 13.
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Oxford soil and landscape
Soil profile: A representative soil profile of the Oxford series.
Landscape: Oxford soils are used dominantly for dryland cropping.
The Oxford series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in lacustrine deposits and alluvium derived from mixed sources. Oxford soils are on dissected lake terraces. Slopes are 2 to 50 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 16 inches and the mean annual temperature is about 44 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Haploxerepts
Soil moisture - Usually dry in the moisture control section for 45 to 60 consecutive days in the 4 months following the summer solstice.
Mean annual soil temperature - 44 to 47 degrees F.
Vertic features - Cracks: Extend to the base of the surface horizon annually and are open to the soil surface in some years.
Linear extensibility (LE) - 6 to 9 cm.
Particle-size control section - Clay content: 40 to 58 percent.
USE AND VEGETATION: Oxford soils are used dominantly for dryland cropping. Natural vegetation is assumed to have been basin big sagebrush, bluebunch wheatgrass, and sod-forming grasses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southeastern Idaho. These soils are moderately extensive. The series concept and main acreage is in MLRA 28A, while other acreage occurs in MLRA 13.
For additional information about Idaho soils, please visit:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/97d01af9d4554b9097cb0a477e04...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/O/OXFORD.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: