IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Ligon
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1986TX299004
User Pedon ID:
86TX299004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
86P0297
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:
30.6816667
Std. Longitude:
-98.8583333
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
From TX-16 & FM-2323 18.7 km SW on 2323, 4.8 km N on County Rd, 2.1 km N on ranch road, 18.3 meters W in rangeland.
State:
Texas
County:
TX299—Llano
MLRA:
82—Texas Central Basin
PEDON
Describers Name:
Coburn,Finnell,Lane,Williams,Berdanier, Allison
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Rhodustalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
4
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Ligon
PSC -
8 to 45 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
ustic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Ligon
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy, mixed, thermic Udic Rhodustalf
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
3/1/1986
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture SUBClass -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
residuum weathered from gneiss and/or residuum weathered from schist
Landscape:
hills
Landform:
hillside or mountainside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.05 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 Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
0—8
8—45
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—-
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
7
—
—
375
—
0
66
—
—
—
—
—
—
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—
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415272
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1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine granular structure; hard, friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01749. many fine roots throughout; many very fine roots throughout
1Bt1—8 to 17 centimeters (3.1 to 6.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium roots between peds and 2.5 fine roots between peds; 15 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01750. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots between peds; few medium roots between peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 220192; patchy - phpvsfiid 220192
1Bt2—17 to 45 centimeters (6.7 to 17.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01751. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220193; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220193
1C—45 to 58 centimeters (17.7 to 22.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 medium roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01752. few fine roots between peds; few medium roots between peds
1C—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); 0.5 very fine roots in cracks and 0.5 fine roots in cracks; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01753. few fine roots in cracks; few very fine roots in cracks
1Cr—79 to 86 centimeters (31.1 to 33.9 inches); 0.5 fine roots in cracks; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. few fine roots in cracks
1Cr2—86 to 130 centimeters (33.9 to 51.2 inches); 0.5 fine roots in cracks; fragments. Lab sample # 86P01754. few fine roots in cracks