IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heiden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977TX027004
  • User Pedon ID: 77TX027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45014
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 31.0049992
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3091660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bell County, Texas 1.6 km SE of Heidenheimer on gravel road 37 meters E of road in coastal bermudagrass pasture.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX027—Bell

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert N. Ramsey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Chromusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Heiden
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heiden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Udic Chromustert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1977
  • 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: 7/1/1977 (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
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    1A11—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00029. Few fragments of snail shells.; common fine roots
    1A12—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; clay; 1 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00030. Few 1 to 2 inch wide fragments of slickensides below 20 inches. Few fragments of snail shells.; few fine roots; few fine faint 2.5YR54 mottles
    1AC1—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; 11 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00031. Common medium streaks of dark grayish brown 2.5Y 4/2 in filled cracks. Few 1 to 3 inch wide fragments of slickensides. Few fragments of snail shells.; few fine lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots; common medium faint 2.5YR54 mottles
    1AC2—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; clay; 1 percent light red (2.5YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00032. Few fine and medium streaks of dark grayish brown 2.5Y 4/2 in filled cracks. Few 1 to 3 inch wide fragments of slickensides. Few fragments of snail shells.; few fine lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 2.5YR66 mottles
    1C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior, moist; clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P00033. Few fine and medium streaks of dark grayish brown 2.5Y 5/2 in filled cracks. Few 1/2 to 1 inch wide fragments of slickensides. Few fragments of snail shells.; few fine lime concretions concentrations; few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR66 mottles