IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Click
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987TX299004
  • User Pedon ID: 87TX299004
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T10TX319-typical pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0468
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59763
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 30.6141667
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8944167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Castell .5 mi SE on FR 152 5.6 mi S & SE on County Rd to intersection 1.7 mi SE & E on County Rd 50 feet S of Rd in range Update: TYPE LOCATION: Llano County, Texas; from the intersection of Texas Highway 16 and Ranch Road 2323 in Llano, 23.7 miles southwest on Ranch Road 2323, 0.3 mile west on county road, 3.9 miles northwest on county road, 100 feet south in rangeland. (House Mountain USGS topographic quadrangle; Latitude: 30 degrees, 37 minutes, 15.00 seconds N; Longitude: 98 degrees, 54 minutes, 0.00 seconds W; NAD83.) Both of the driving directions along with GPS coordinates did not place the location in a Click mapunit. The GPS coordinates where moved into the closest Click mapunit.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX299—Llano
  • MLRA: 82A—Texas Central Basin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX299—Llano County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30098-E8—House Mountain, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: OSD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Click (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Click
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Haplustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy residuum weathered from granite
  • Landform: low ridge on dissected plateau
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated strong weathered granite at 115cm with 10 to <45
  • 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, lithic

    indurated

    135 - 160

    - 25 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—28

    28—115

    135—160

    —28—

    —87—

    —25—
    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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    396.2

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    66

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    19

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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 40 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02429
    Bt1—28 to 47 centimeters (11.0 to 18.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 5 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 45 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02430. patchy - phpvsfiid 1178209; patchy - phpvsfiid 1178209
    Bt2—47 to 75 centimeters (18.5 to 29.5 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.8 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 15 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 55 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-6-10 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02431
    Bt3—75 to 115 centimeters (29.5 to 45.3 inches); light red (2.5YR 6/8), red (2.5YR 5/8), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; few (0.5) medium tubular and few (0.5) fine tubular pores; clay films on rock fragments and clay films on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 60 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-6-10 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02432
    BCt—115 to 135 centimeters (45.3 to 53.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 1.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 90 percent clay films on rock fragments; 85 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-25-75 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.7; very abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02433
    R—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.