IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluegrove
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979TX429001
  • User Pedon ID: 79TX429001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46924
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.7927780
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9291687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From junction US183 and FR 3099 4 km W of Breckenridge 2.2 N on FR 3099 1.6 km E on county rd 1.6 km N .5 km E
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX429—Stephens

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Blakley and G. Lane
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Udic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluegrove
  • PSC - 12 to 54 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluegrove
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Udic Paleustalf
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • 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—12

    12—54

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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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    69

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    1A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00952. common fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1A12—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak fine granular, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00953. common fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1B21t—12 to 21 centimeters (4.7 to 8.3 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 79P00954. Number 79P0961 also of this horizon.; few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228681; patchy - phpvsfiid 228681
    1B22t—21 to 40 centimeters (8.3 to 15.7 inches);, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and moderate fine blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 79P00955. Number 79P0962 also of this horizon.; few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 228682; continuous - phpvsfiid 228682
    1B23t—40 to 54 centimeters (15.7 to 21.3 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 79P00956. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228683; patchy - phpvsfiid 228683
    1R&Cr—54 to 61 centimeters (21.3 to 24.0 inches); weathered bedrock; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks and 0.5 coarse roots in cracks; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 79P00957. Strongly cemented sandstone fractures 15 to 46 cm apart with some up to 72 cm apart. Sandstone plate are 3 to 10 cm thick. About 5% clay materials in fractures and between plates.; few fine and medium roots in cracks; few coarse roots in cracks
    2Bt—61 to 68 centimeters (24.0 to 26.8 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 79P00958. Layer is discontinuous andoccurt mainly along the fractures in the layer abouve. Occurs in about 50% of the pit and is 5 to 15 cm thick.; few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228684; patchy - phpvsfiid 228684
    2Cr—68 to 112 centimeters (26.8 to 44.1 inches); weathered bedrock; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 79P00959. Interbedded layers of reddish and yellowish shale and sandstone 6 to 13 mm thick.; few fine and medium roots
    3Cr—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); weathered bedrock; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 79P00960. Varigated layers of olive and reddish yello calcareous shale with few thin lenses mostly less than 13 mm thick of sandstone.; few fine and medium roots
    3R—142 to 145 centimeters (55.9 to 57.1 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Strongly cemented sandstone bedrock.