IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CONA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX337001
  • User Pedon ID: 81TX337001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981TX337001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0300
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50537
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 33.5011101
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7874985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Montague County, Texas. About 5 miles southeast of Bowie; 0.3 mile south of Fruitland on US Highway 287/81, 0.4 mile northeast on county road, 0.1 mile southeast and 10 feet west of the road.
  • Map Unit: 13—Cona association, hilly
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX337—Montague
  • MLRA: 84B—West Cross Timbers
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX337—Montague County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis D. Ressel and Glenn W. Dittmar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Udic Paleustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CONA
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/2005
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cona
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Ultic Paleustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sediments including clays, shales and quartz conglomerates
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Basla Trinity Formation formation of the Lower Cretaceous Age group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANDRO2

    BOCU

    QUMA3

    Andropogon

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Quercus marilandica

    bluestem

    sideoats grama

    blackjack oak

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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

    9.5

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    305

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stony sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter quartz fragments and 15 percent by volume 76-?-505 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. few stones embedded in horizon
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; stony sandy loam; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter quartz fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 76-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; sandy clay; 3 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; thin clay films; 8 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. few pockets of clean sand grains; continuous - phpvsfiid 293872; continuous - phpvsfiid 293872
    Bt2—43 to 68 centimeters (16.9 to 26.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; thin clay films; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01545. few pockets of clean sand grains; continuous - phpvsfiid 293873; continuous - phpvsfiid 293873
    BC—68 to 84 centimeters (26.8 to 33.1 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4) clay; 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine and medium and 3 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine and medium mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; thin clay films; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01546, 82P01547. common fine and medium shale bodies that are light gray (2.5YR 7/2); patchy - phpvsfiid 293874; patchy - phpvsfiid 293874
    C—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4) gravelly clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium and 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine and medium mottles; weak platy, and weak angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # 82P01548. retains part of apparent original rock structure