IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nuvalde
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983TX417001
  • User Pedon ID: 83TX417001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53740
  • 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: 32.8594722
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2491389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Shackelford County, Texas; From intersection of U.S.Hwy 180 and U.S.Hwy 283 in Albany, TX, 9.3 miles north on U.S.Hwy 283, 300 feet northeast on gravel road, 1000 feet southeast along fence line, 50 feet northeast in cropland.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX417—Shackelford
  • MLRA: 78A—Rolling Limestone Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX417—Shackelford County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32099-G2—Murphy Creek, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clyde Lowther, Tom Cyprian and Steve Park
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nuvalde
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nuvalde
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, carbonatic, thermic Typic Calciustolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: dissected plains
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    secondary carbonates

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—38

    38—231

    38—54

    54—231

    —38—

    —193—

    —16—

    —177—
    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

    0

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    —

    417.6

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    Ap—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many (5.0) fine and medium roots; 5 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P00194
    A—9 to 25 centimeters (3.5 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many (5.0) fine roots; common (2.0) medium pores; 5 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-5-10 millimeter quartz fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P00195
    Bw1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) fine roots; many (5.0) medium pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/2) on faces of peds; 2 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-5-10 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00196
    Bw2—38 to 54 centimeters (15.0 to 21.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) fine roots; few (0.5) fine pores; 5 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/2) on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts and 5 percent very fine carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00197
    Bk1—54 to 85 centimeters (21.3 to 33.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; common (2.0) fine roots; few (1.0) fine pores; 1 percent worm casts and 40 percent carbonate, finely disseminated and 5 percent fine to coarse carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00198
    Bk2—85 to 111 centimeters (33.5 to 43.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine and medium roots; few (0.5) medium pores; 1 percent worm casts and 60 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 10 percent fine to coarse carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 84P00199
    Bk3—111 to 152 centimeters (43.7 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; few (0.5) very fine roots; many (5.0) fine pores; 5 percent carbonate coats; 1 percent worm casts and 5 percent carbonate concretions and 2 percent threadlike carbonate masses and 50 percent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00200
    Bk4—152 to 198 centimeters (59.8 to 78.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) medium pores; 30 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00201
    BCk—198 to 231 centimeters (78.0 to 90.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; many (5.0) fine pores; 20 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 3 percent fine weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P00202