IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blanket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: clay loam
  • User Site ID: S1972TX143001
  • User Pedon ID: 72TX143001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972TX143001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4611
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40763
  • User Project ID: 2020-MLRA-001
  • Project Name: MLRA 84B - Paluxy Erosional Hillslopes, Central Part
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.5033340
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1374969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from Morgan Mill, Texas, 8.5 miles north on US Highway 281 to the junction of US Highway 281 and Farm Road 2803; then .3 miles west on Farm Road 2803 and 75 feet north of road right-of-way in cultivated field
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX143—Erath
  • MLRA: 84B—West Cross Timbers
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX143—Erath County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32098-E2—Santo, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blanket (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/2014
  • Classifier - Riley Dayberry
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BLANKET
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PROSO

    QUST

    QUST

    QUVI

    QUVI

    Prosopis

    Quercus stellata

    Quercus stellata

    Quercus virginiana

    Quercus virginiana

    mesquite

    post oak

    post oak

    live oak

    live oak

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    free carbonates

    0—76

    36—102

    76—183

    76—183

    —76—

    —66—

    —107—

    —-
    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

    2

    —

    —

    335

    —

    0

    762

    —

    —

    18.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35131
    A—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35132
    Bt—36 to 76 centimeters (14.2 to 29.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35133
    Btk—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35134
    Bk—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 20 percent threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35135
    BCk—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; massive; hard, firm; 30 percent carbonate coats; 3 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 10 percent threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35136