IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SPECK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983TX497001
  • User Pedon ID: 83TX497001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0758
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53545
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 33.2058334
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5674973
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From intersection of Farm Road 730 and US Highway 81-287 in south Decatur, 1.0 mile southeast on US Highway 81-287. Site is north of highway within one foot of property boundary fence.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX497—Wise
  • MLRA: 85—Grand Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX497—Wise County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.D. Ressel and G. W. Dittmar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed Lithic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SPECK
  • PSC - 13 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Speck
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, thermic Lithic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/21/1982 (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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.
    B2t—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate fine blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent thick clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03750
    R—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); fragments.