IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX027006
  • User Pedon ID: 81TX027006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0602
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49446
  • 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: 31.0286102
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4116669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bell County, TX: 500 feet NW from Taylor's Valley Church on FM 1741, .5 mi S and .35 mi E on paved Rd. to metal gate.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX027—Bell
  • MLRA: 85—Grand Prairie

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, carbonatic, thermic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frio
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frio
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, carbonatic, thermic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—183

    165—254

    —183—

    —89—
    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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03571. Few small fragments of shell.; common fine and medium roots
    A1—15 to 64 centimeters (5.9 to 25.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03572. Few small fragments of shell.; common fine and medium roots
    A2—64 to 83 centimeters (25.2 to 32.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03573. Many thin strata and pockets of brown (10YR 4/3, 5/3) loam; few small fragments of shell.; common fine roots
    A3—83 to 127 centimeters (32.7 to 50.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03574. Few small fragments of shell.; few fine roots
    A4—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03575. Few small fragments of shell.; few fine roots
    Bk1—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03576. Estimated 20 percent by volume of weakly cemented, platy CaCO3 - plates can be brokec with fingers.; few fine roots
    Bk2—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03577. About 5 to 10 percent by volume of platy and rounded CaCO3 concretions.; common pressure faces surface features on faces of peds
    Bk3—213 to 254 centimeters (83.9 to 100.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P03578. About 5 percent by volume of fine cancretions CaCO3; few fragments of shell.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine faint mottles