IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Venus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX027001
  • User Pedon ID: 81TX027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49153
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 31.0074997
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3847198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bell County, .67 mi NW on County Rd. 436 then .76 mi N-NE on paved Rd. to gate. Site is 850 feet E-SE on filed road.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX027—Bell
  • MLRA: 85—Grand Prairie

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Udic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Venus
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Venus
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciustoll
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01582. few very fine and fine roots
    1A12—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01583. Few streaks of (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam.; few very fine and fine roots
    1A13—20 to 56 centimeters (7.9 to 22.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01584. few fine and medium roots
    1B21—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01585. few fine lime concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214826; patchy - phpvsfiid 214826
    1B22—76 to 130 centimeters (29.9 to 51.2 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01586. few fine lime concretions concentrations; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214900; patchy - phpvsfiid 214900
    1Cca—130 to 173 centimeters (51.2 to 68.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 11 percent lime masses and 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01587. common soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine lime concretions concentrations
    1C—173 to 208 centimeters (68.1 to 81.9 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, very friable; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P01588. About 3 to 5 percent by volume of rounded quartz gravel mostly less than 1.5 cm in diameter.; few soft masses of lime concentrations