Port Silt Loam

Summary

Port Silt Loam is the state soil of Oklahoma. This type of soil is reddish in color due to the weathering of reddish sandstones, siltstones, and shales of the Permian period.

Port Silt Loam profile

It is a medium-textured alluvial soil deposited along flood plains. Port Silt Loam can be found in 33 of the 77 counties in Oklahoma and covers around one million acres (4,000 km2). The name comes from the small community of Port, in Washita County, and the texture of the top soil (silt loam).

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