IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Birome
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986TX121001
  • User Pedon ID: 86TX121001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0592
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58397
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 33.1908340
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0066681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection Loop 288 and US HWY 280 E side of Denton, 8 mi E on HWY 380, 2.4 mi S on paved county Rd.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX121—Denton

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Ultic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Birome
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Birome
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Ultic Paleustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 roots; 2.5 tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Common ironstone and sandstone nodules and fragments less than 1.27 cm across.; common roots
    1B21t—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03413. Common flat ironstone fragments less than 1.27 cm in length.; few clay films surface features; few fine roots
    1B22t—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent distinct clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03414. Common ironstone and sandstone fragments less than 1.27 cm in length.; common clay films surface features; few fine roots between peds; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1B3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and red (2.5YR 5/6) interior sandy clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Few brittle sandstone fragments 1.25 to 3.81 cm across; few ironstone fragments.
    1Cr—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior; fragments. Brittle fractured sandstone with 3 to 10 cm strata of strong brown, yellowish red, red, and gray shaly clay; sandstone in bands 5 to 15 cm thick. Very strongly acid in shaly caly, medium acid in sandstone.