Red Soil

Soils are one of our most important natural resources and also are important for the beauty their many colors add to our landscape.  Soil colors serve as pigments in bricks, pottery, and artwork.  The color and texture of soil painting is fascinating and a creative opportunity we take examples from paleo cave painting to religious sand painting references.

James Gallagher pulled the soil down along the line design

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Port Silt Loam was named the official state soil April 1, 1987. It is found in 33 of the 77 counties. Soil are often named after an early pioneer, town, county,community or stream in the vicinity where they are found. The name "Port" comes from the small community of Port located in Washita County, Oklahoma. The name "silt loam" is the texture of the topsoil. this texture consists mostly of silt size particles(.05 to .002 mm), and when the moist soil is rubbed between the thumb and forefinger, it is loamy to the feel, thus the term silt loam. When Port soil are undisturbed, they produce native vegetation including tall grasses with an over story of pecan, walnut, bur oak, and cottonwood trees.

soil samples prepared by the Oklahoma State University Soil Lab

Dirt is not Soil! Dirt is the basic mineral component of soil. It is a group of
runaways. Therefore, the stuff on the wheel or under your shoe is dirt.   

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https://www.soils.org/