IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Honeycreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: moderately deep
  • User Site ID: S1987TX299003
  • User Pedon ID: 87TX299003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0467
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59762
  • Print Date: 9/25/2024

    • 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: 30.6458333
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8750000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Llano; 12.3 mi SW on FR 2323 .5 mi N on County Rd 1.8 mi W on County Rd .9 N & W on County Rd 1.5 mi SW-SE on trail.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX299—Llano
  • MLRA: 82—Texas Central Basin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Coburn, Finnell, Brockmann, Lane, Berdanier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Honeycreek
  • PSC - 25 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Castell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Udic Paleustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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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    70 - 125

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—25

    25—70

    70—125

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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

    3

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    400

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    66

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    19

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02424
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P02425. angular pebbles 2 to 4 mm across
    Bt1—25 to 47 centimeters (9.8 to 18.5 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02426. angular pebbles 2 to 4 mm across; 5 mm thick coating on (7.5YR 6/2) on top of columns; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1153386; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1153386
    Bt2—47 to 70 centimeters (18.5 to 27.6 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical dark concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02427. angular pebbles 2 to 4 mm across
    Cr—70 to 125 centimeters (27.6 to 49.2 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam, bedrock; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; extremely hard, very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 87P02428. partially weathered gneiss with pockets of mottled clay and sandy loam