IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keese
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986TX299003
  • User Pedon ID: 86TX299003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0296
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58101
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 30.6180278
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9266944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From TX-16&FM-2323 int.27.5km SW on FM-2323, 0.5km W & 7.1km N on County road, 1.3km SW on ranch road, 5m W; the lat/long was adjusted based on driving directions to put the location within the mapunit of Keese
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX299—Llano
  • MLRA: 82—Texas Central Basin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Coburn,Finnell,Lane,Williams,Berdanier,Allison
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Typic Ustochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keese
  • PSC - 0 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keese
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, thermic Lithic Ustochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: solid rock derived from coarse igneous crystal
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    30 - 122

    - 92 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    paralithic contact

    0—30

    30—122

    —30—

    —92—
    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

    2

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    —

    409

    —

    270

    66

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    415272

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; many (5.5) very fine roots throughout; many (5.5) very fine and fine discontinuous tubular and many (5.5) very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01744. many very fine roots throughout
    A2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; common (2.5) very fine roots throughout and common (2.5) medium roots throughout; many (5.5) very fine and fine discontinuous tubular and 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01745. common medium roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout
    Cr/Bt1—30 to 40 centimeters (11.8 to 15.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam; few (0.5) very fine roots in cracks and few (0.5) fine roots in cracks; 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01746. few clay films surface features on sand and gravel; few fine roots in cracks; few very fine roots in cracks; patchy - phpvsfiid 1168615; patchy - phpvsfiid 1168615
    Cr/Bt2—40 to 73 centimeters (15.7 to 28.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam; few (0.5) very fine roots in cracks and few (0.5) fine roots in cracks; 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01747. few clay films surface features on sand and gravel; few fine roots in cracks; few very fine roots in cracks; patchy - phpvsfiid 1168616; patchy - phpvsfiid 1168616
    Cr—73 to 122 centimeters (28.7 to 48.0 inches); coarse sandy loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # 86P01748