IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bastrop
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978TX027002
  • User Pedon ID: 78TX027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0471
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46025
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 30.9738884
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3830566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bell County, in grain sorghum test plot about 3.2 Km SW of Little River on county rd
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX027—Bell

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert N. Ramsey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Udic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bastrop
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bastrop
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Udic Paleustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1978 (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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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02644. At contact of Ap and B1 there is a dense layered plow pan about one fourth in thick; few fine roots
    1B1t—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 5.5 roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02645. Occasional cracks one eighth in wide; many roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228518; patchy - phpvsfiid 228519; patchy - phpvsfiid 228518; patchy - phpvsfiid 228519
    1B21t—28 to 74 centimeters (11.0 to 29.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; sandy clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02646. Subsoils sampled are 78P2646 028 to 056 cm and 78P2647 56 to 74 cm; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    1B22t—74 to 127 centimeters (29.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent magnetic shot; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02648. Subsoils sampled are 78P2648 074 to 102 cm and 78P2649 102 to 127 cm; many magnetic shot concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    1B3t—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02650. few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 213672; patchy - phpvsfiid 228522; patchy - phpvsfiid 213672; patchy - phpvsfiid 228522
    1B3tca—157 to 226 centimeters (61.8 to 89.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent medium and coarse carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02651. Large reddish brown 5YR 44 organism casts. Calcareous; common medium and coarse lime nodules concentrations; patchy - phpvsfiid 213673; patchy - phpvsfiid 213673
    1C1ca—226 to 257 centimeters (89.0 to 101.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 7/8) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable; 11 percent medium and coarse carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02652. common medium and coarse lime nodules concentrations
    1C2ca—257 to 358 centimeters (101.2 to 140.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; 0.5 fine roots; 11 percent coarse carbonate nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 78P02653. Hard carbonate nodules more dense and compact than in Clca horizon. Calcareous; common coarse lime nodules concentrations; few fine roots