IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valera
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987TX435001L
  • User Pedon ID: 87TX435001L
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60252
  • 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: Northwest corner of Plot No. 4.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX435—Sutton
  • MLRA: 81B—Edwards Plateau, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Valera
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Perves
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • 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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    1A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00674
    1Bk1—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. 2% carbonate masses.; few medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    1Bk3—64 to 105 centimeters (25.2 to 41.3 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 11 percent coarse spherical carbonate masses; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. 10% carbonate masses.; common coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    1R—105 to 106 centimeters (41.3 to 41.7 inches); fragments.