IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BROOME
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX431001
  • User Pedon ID: 81TX431001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0779
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50173
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 31.8377781
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0049973
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the Sterling County Courthouse go 1.0 mile west on U. S. Highway 87 and 135 feet south in range.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX431—Sterling
  • MLRA: 81B—Edwards Plateau, Central Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX431—Sterling County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Calciorthidic Paleustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BROOME
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Broome
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Calciorthidic Paleustal
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04646
    B1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04647
    B21tca—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent faint clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04648
    B22tca—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04649
    B23tca—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04650
    B24t—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments, cresol red. Lab sample # 81P04651