IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Purves
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987TX435001B
  • User Pedon ID: 87TX435001B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0127
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60250
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 30.2900009
  • Std. Longitude: -100.5405579
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Midway on south side of plot No. 1.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX435—Sutton
  • MLRA: 81B—Edwards Plateau, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, thermic Lithic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Purves
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Purves
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, montmorillonitic, thermic Calciustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (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
    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
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    1A1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00672. Surface volume 15% gravel, 4 cobbles, 1% stones; surface cover 35% gravel, 10% cobbles, and 1% stones.
    1A1—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    1Bk—28 to 40 centimeters (11.0 to 15.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 11 percent coarse spherical carbonate masses; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. common coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    1R—40 to 41 centimeters (15.7 to 16.1 inches); fragments.