IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bookout
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984TX507001
  • User Pedon ID: 84TX507001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0454
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54698
  • 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: 28.9388889
  • Std. Longitude: -99.9388889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Zavala County, Texas. 2.75 miles east on FM 1436 from its junction with US Highway 83 in La Pryor, continue north 0.25 mile, 50 feet east in cropland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX507—Zavala
  • MLRA: 83A—Northern Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX605—Dimmit and Zavala Counties, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28099-H8—La Pryor NW, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jack W. Stevens and Terry Whigham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, carbonatic, superactive, hyperthermic Aridic Calciustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bookout
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2016
  • Classifier - Gary Harris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bookout
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, hyperthermic Aridic Ustochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1983
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous alluvium
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jack W. Stevens and Terry Whigham
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    225.6

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 32 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02416
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02417
    Bk1—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 28 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 84P02418
    Bk1—45 to 60 centimeters (17.7 to 23.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 26 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 84P02419
    Bk2—60 to 75 centimeters (23.6 to 29.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 84P02420
    Bk2—75 to 90 centimeters (29.5 to 35.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02421
    Bk3—90 to 120 centimeters (35.4 to 47.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; 27 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 84P02422