IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S57TX263090
  • User Pedon ID: 57TX263090
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4484
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40637
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 33.2584724
  • Std. Longitude: -100.5758362
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mile N of Jayton at intersection of State Hwy. 70 and FM Road 1228; about 100 feet NW of intersection and 10 feet W of edge of right-of-way.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX263—Kent
  • MLRA: 78B—Central Rolling Red Plains, Western Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX263—Kent County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I.C. Mowery
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 90
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miles
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/2014
  • Classifier - Richard Gelnar
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Miles
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R078BY088TX Sandy Loam 19-26" PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    BA

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btk

    Bk

    C

    0

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    41

    94

    140

    185

    241

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    295

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

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    Bt1

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    Bk

    C

    0

    18

    41

    94

    140

    185

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

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    Bt1

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    Btk

    Bk

    C

    0

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—18

    18—185

    94—241

    —18—

    —167—

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34292
    BA—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; 44 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34293
    Bt1—41 to 94 centimeters (16.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; 37 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots throughout; 21.0 fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34294
    Bt2—94 to 140 centimeters (37.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; loam; 44 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34295
    Btk—140 to 185 centimeters (55.1 to 72.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34296. Same as above horizon except slightly more sandy and films of CaCO3 more prominent.
    Bk—185 to 241 centimeters (72.8 to 94.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 48 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 13 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34297. Soft and hard CaCO3 occupy about 2% of the mass.
    C—241 to 295 centimeters (94.9 to 116.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; loam; 43 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 10 percent clay; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 40A34298. This is sandy Permian Red Beds.