IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Exray
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979TX143001
  • User Pedon ID: 79TX143001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0189
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46922
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024

    • 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: 32.4222221
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3499985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the courthouse in Stephenville 27.2 km NNW on TX 108 E 160 meters on county rd and 15 meters S in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX143—Erath

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lane and E. Blakley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, active, thermic Lithic Rhodustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Exray
  • PSC - 20 to 42 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Exray
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, thermic Lithic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—42

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    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

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    352

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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00937. Rock fragments are siliceous and sandstone pebbles.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00938. Rock fragments are siliceous and sandstone pebbles.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1B2t—20 to 42 centimeters (7.9 to 16.5 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; clay; strong very fine and fine blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00939. Rock fragments are siliceous and sandstone pebbles. Lower 5 cm contains 25 to 35 % fragments of sandstone 4 to 20 cm across and is a thin layer that is discontinuous and comprises about 35 % of the pit wall.; few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 214056; continuous - phpvsfiid 214056
    1R—42 to 67 centimeters (16.5 to 26.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior weathered bedrock; strongly cemented; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks and 0.5 coarse roots in cracks; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00940. Fractures 10 to 35 cm apart and 5 mm to 3 cm wide contain about 10 % by weight B2t material. 79P0943 is R material 79P0940 is B2t material.; few fine and medium roots in cracks; few coarse roots in cracks
    2Bt—67 to 94 centimeters (26.4 to 37.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00941. Few thin strata of light yellowish brown.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots
    3R&C—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); weathered bedrock; strongly cemented; fragments. Lab sample # 79P00942. Interbedded with thin layers of shaley clay.