IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houston Black
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977TX027002A
  • User Pedon ID: 77TX027002A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45012
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 31.0430565
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3486099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bell County, TX. 3.2 km S of Temple in native pasture in S part of the Backland Research Center. In microbasin.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX027—Bell

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert N. Ramsey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Pellusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houston Black
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Houston Black
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Udic Pellustert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1977
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1A11—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00010. Vegetation: side oats, blue grama, crest wheat, and buffalo; common fine roots
    1A12—36 to 76 centimeters (14.2 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00011. Few 1 to 2 inch wide fragments of slickensides below 20 inches. Few fragments of snail shells.; few fine roots
    1AC—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P00012. Common medium streaks of very dark gray (10YR 3/1) in filled cracks. Few 1 to 2 inch wide fragments of slickensides. Few fragments of snail shells.; few fine roots