IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Throck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980TX417001
  • User Pedon ID: 80TX417001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48055
  • 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: 32.7200012
  • Std. Longitude: -99.3661118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 7 km W on TX Hwy 6 560 meters NW on a paved rd 160 meters N on a private rd 320 meters NW in rangeland 55 meters NE of tank dam.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX417—Shackelford

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Walding Yeck Finney Cyprian Lowther Williams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Vertic Haplustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Throck
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Throck
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Ustochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1980 (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
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01472. Calcareous; few worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    Bw—10 to 29 centimeters (3.9 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01473. Few FeMn concretions up to 2 mm diameter. Few very fine fost masses of calcium carbonate in lower 4 cm. Calcareous; few worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    Bkss—29 to 50 centimeters (11.4 to 19.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01474. Commomn pressure faces on peds. Few intersecting slickensides. Few FeMn concretions up to 2 mm diameter. About 7 percent medium to very fine soft masses of calcium carbonate. Calcareous; few worm casts concentrations; common fine roots
    Bk1—50 to 66 centimeters (19.7 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01475. Few grayish brown stains on ped faces. Common FeMn concretions up to 2 mm diameter. About 3 percent fine and very fine soft mases of calcium carbonate. Thick parallel pipeds tilted at 15 to 45 degrees from horizontal.; few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots
    Bk2—66 to 87 centimeters (26.0 to 34.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01476. Few FeMn concretions up to 2 mm diameter. Few threads and films. Very fine soft masses and concretions of calcium carbonate. Calcareous; few worm casts concentrations; few very fine roots
    Bk3—87 to 102 centimeters (34.3 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01477. Thick weak parallel pipeds 15 to 45 degrees from horizontal. Few very fine filaments and crystals of salt and gypsum on ped faces.; common iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots
    Cd1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); 2.5Y 2/2 (2.5Y 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 55 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01478. many manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds
    Cd2—127 to 156 centimeters (50.0 to 61.4 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01479. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds
    Cd3—156 to 175 centimeters (61.4 to 68.9 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and 25 percent 10YR 6/ (10YR 6/), interior and 15 percent weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior, 10 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) interior, moist; silty clay; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01480
    Cd4—175 to 200 centimeters (68.9 to 78.7 inches); 85 percent gray (10YR 6/1) interior and 10 percent yellow (2.5Y 7/6) interior and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01481
    Cd5—200 to 246 centimeters (78.7 to 96.9 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) interior, moist; clay; 0.5 roots; 15 percent , moist, carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P01482. few gypsum crystals concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few roots