IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thurber
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979TX143002
  • User Pedon ID: 79TX143002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0186
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46919
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 32.4411125
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3605576
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 30.4 km NW of Stephenville and 1.6 km N of the X-Ray Gas plant NNW 296 km from County courthouse on TX 108 15m E
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX143—Erath

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lane and E. Blakley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Thurber
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thurber
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic 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
  • Runoff: low
  • 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—120

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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

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    325

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    1A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00908. Structure is massive below 5 cm.; common fine roots; few medium roots
    1B21t—20 to 50 centimeters (7.9 to 19.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay; strong fine blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00909. 79P0909 20 to 35 cm 79P0910 35 to 50 cm.; few fine and medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 214039; continuous - phpvsfiid 214039
    1B22t—50 to 88 centimeters (19.7 to 34.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay; strong fine blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent lime masses and 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00911. 79P0911 50 to 70 cm 79P0912 70 to 88 cm.; few very fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine lime concretions concentrations; few fine and medium roots
    1B23tca—88 to 120 centimeters (34.6 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay; weak medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine threadlike lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00913. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine and medium roots
    1B24tca—120 to 145 centimeters (47.2 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 79P00914. few soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine and medium roots
    1B25tca—145 to 180 centimeters (57.1 to 70.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 79P00915. few soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots
    1B3—180 to 235 centimeters (70.9 to 92.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P00916. few lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles