IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leeray
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989TX429005
  • User Pedon ID: 89TX429005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0149
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62082
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 32.6572227
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6100006
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From junction of US 180 and FR 252 east of Caddo, 5.5 miles southeast on county road and 0.8 mile south on field road. Atlas sheet 33.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX429—Stephens
  • MLRA: 80B—Texas North-Central Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX429—Stephens County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Calcic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leeray
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2014
  • Classifier - Sidney Paulson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leeray-High-9.1M
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Chromustert
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 30
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    0—16

    16—136

    136—210

    210—0

    226—0

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    —-

    —-

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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

    2

    300

    100

    436

    —

    135

    640

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00993
    Bkss1—16 to 87 centimeters (6.3 to 34.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; distinct brown (10YR 4/3) slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent worm casts and 12 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00994. continuous - phpvsfiid 1155951; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155951
    Bkss2—87 to 122 centimeters (34.3 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 6 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00995. continuous - phpvsfiid 1155952; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155952
    Bk1—122 to 136 centimeters (48.0 to 53.5 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00996
    Bk2—136 to 151 centimeters (53.5 to 59.4 inches); yellow (10YR 8/6), yellow (10YR 7/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 40 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00997
    B'kss—151 to 197 centimeters (59.4 to 77.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) slickensides (pedogenic) and distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 25 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00998. continuous - phpvsfiid 1155953; patchy - phpvsfiid 1155954; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155953; patchy - phpvsfiid 1155954
    BCkss—197 to 210 centimeters (77.6 to 82.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00999. continuous - phpvsfiid 1155956; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155956
    Cd—210 to 226 centimeters (82.7 to 89.0 inches); loam; 1 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 90P01000
    R—226 centimeters (89.0 inches); bedrock; 1 percent worm casts; fragments.