IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leeray
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989TX429007
  • User Pedon ID: 89TX429007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0151
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62084
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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

  • Describers Name: KSSL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Calcic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • 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-Low-13M
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Pellusterts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • 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: frequent ponding for long periods
  • 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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A1

    A2

    Bss1

    B2

    Bkss1

    Bkss2

    Bkss3

    Bkss4

    2BCkss

    3Cd

    0

    0

    18

    41

    71

    87

    113

    126

    146

    179

    205

    18

    18

    41

    73

    87

    113

    126

    146

    179

    205

    214

    90P01010

    90P01010

    90P01011

    90P01012

    90P01013

    90P01014

    90P01015

    90P01016

    90P01017

    90P01018

    90P01019

    KSSL

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    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    44.7

    44.7

    47

    47.6

    47.6

    44.5

    44.2

    41.4

    37.1

    44.5

    28.9

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    0.3

    2.4

    3

    4.9

    2.3

    1.4

    41.5

    41.5

    40.7

    39.9

    39.7

    42.1

    43.5

    46.6

    53

    46.5

    46

    25.3

    25.3

    24.6

    24.6

    23.8

    22.7

    21.5

    27.6

    32.6

    33.5

    30.8

    16.2

    16.2

    16.1

    15.3

    15.9

    19.4

    22

    19

    20.4

    13

    15.2

    6.2

    13.8

    12.3

    12.5

    12.7

    13.4

    12.3

    12

    9.9

    9

    25.1

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    0.2

    0.1

    0.3

    1

    0.7

    0.3

    0.1

    0.1

    0.6

    5.4

    0.2

    0.2

    0.2

    0.5

    0.4

    0.4

    0.2

    0.2

    0.3

    0.6

    5.1

    0.6

    1

    0.8

    1

    0.9

    0.9

    0.8

    0.6

    0.6

    1

    4.7

    3

    6.2

    5.6

    5.9

    4.1

    3.7

    5.2

    4.5

    4

    3.2

    5.2

    3.6

    6.2

    5.6

    4.8

    6.3

    7.7

    5.8

    6.6

    4.9

    3.6

    4.7

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    8.2

    6.7

    7.4

    8.3

    8.6

    8.3

    8.1

    7.9

    8.1

    8.3

    8.3
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

    A1

    A2

    Bss1

    B2

    Bkss1

    Bkss2

    Bkss3

    Bkss4

    2BCkss

    3Cd

    0

    0

    18

    41

    71

    87

    113

    126

    146

    179

    205

    18

    18

    41

    73

    87

    113

    126

    146

    179

    205

    214

    90P01010

    90P01010

    90P01011

    90P01012

    90P01013

    90P01014

    90P01015

    90P01016

    90P01017

    90P01018

    90P01019

    7.7

    6.1

    6.9

    7.5

    7.7

    7.7

    7.7

    7.6

    7.7

    7.7

    7.8

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    0.08

    0.09

    0.1

    0.11

    0.1

    0.11

    0.11

    0.09

    0.07

    0.07

    0.03

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

    A1

    A2

    Bss1

    B2

    Bkss1

    Bkss2

    Bkss3

    Bkss4

    2BCkss

    3Cd

    0

    0

    18

    41

    71

    87

    113

    126

    146

    179

    205

    18

    18

    41

    73

    87

    113

    126

    146

    179

    205

    214

    90P01010

    90P01010

    90P01011

    90P01012

    90P01013

    90P01014

    90P01015

    90P01016

    90P01017

    90P01018

    90P01019

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    3.07

    0.57

    0.52

    0.62

    0.93

    2.65

    4.5

    2.94

    2.07

    2.17

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    33

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    4

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    21

    17

    47

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    0—87

    87—146

    146—205

    205—0

    214—0

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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

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    135

    640

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01010
    A2—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; distinct black (10YR 2/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01011. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1155970; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1155970
    Bss1—41 to 73 centimeters (16.1 to 28.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse wedge structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; distinct black (10YR 2/1) slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01012. continuous - phpvsfiid 1155971; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155971
    B2—73 to 87 centimeters (28.7 to 34.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01013. continuous - phpvsfiid 1155972; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155972
    Bkss1—87 to 113 centimeters (34.3 to 44.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; distinct brown (10YR 4/3) slickensides (pedogenic) and distinct brown (10YR 4/3) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts and 5 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01014. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1155974; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155973; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1155974; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155973
    Bkss2—113 to 126 centimeters (44.5 to 49.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; distinct brown (10YR 4/3) slickensides (pedogenic) and pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01015. continuous - phpvsfiid 1155975; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155975
    Bkss3—126 to 146 centimeters (49.6 to 57.5 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified and 3 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01016
    Bkss4—146 to 179 centimeters (57.5 to 70.5 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01017. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1155977; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1155977
    2BCkss—179 to 205 centimeters (70.5 to 80.7 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) slickensides (pedogenic); 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; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01018. continuous - phpvsfiid 1155978; continuous - phpvsfiid 1155978
    3Cd—205 to 214 centimeters (80.7 to 84.3 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/6), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist; clay loam; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01019. Horizon designation was changed to 3Cr to 3Cd. Due to a changed to add subscript d for densic material and study of bedrock hardness in 2001.
    4R—214 centimeters (84.3 inches); bedrock; fragments.