IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TRUCE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976TX143001
  • User Pedon ID: 76TX143001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4682
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41384
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.5019455
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3658371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the junction of US Highway 180 and Texas Highway 108, .95 miles south of Texas Highway 108, then 75 feet east of highway right-of-way in native range pasture, this point being about 22 miles north-northwest of Stephenville, Texas
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX143—Erath
  • MLRA: 80B—Texas North-Central Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX143—Erath County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe D. Moore and Billy J. Wagner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Udic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TRUCE (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TRUCE
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, densic

    noncoherent

    140 - 152

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    densic contact

    0—20

    20—140

    140—152

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    —120—

    —12—
    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
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; common (3.0) fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35569
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; common (3.0) fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35570
    Bt1—20 to 56 centimeters (7.9 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; few (0.8) fine roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35571
    Bt2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; few (0.8) fine roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35572
    BCt—76 to 140 centimeters (29.9 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; few (0.8) fine roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35573
    Cd—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; bedrock; massive; few (0.3) fine roots in cracks; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35574