IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kerrville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991TX137004
  • User Pedon ID: 91TX137004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991TX137004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0514
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63556
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 29.6794453
  • Std. Longitude: -100.1011124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From junction of Texas Highway 55 and Church Street in Barksdale, 2.4 miles west on county road, 2.4 miles west across Pulliam Creek, 2.7 miles south on county road, 0.4 mile east northeast on ranch road, 25 feet north of fence in rangeland.
  • Map Unit: KrD—Kerrville-Real complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX137—Edwards
  • MLRA: 81C—Edwards Plateau, Eastern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX607—Edwards and Real Counties, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29100-F1—Camp Wood, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wayne J. Gabriel, Lynn E. Loomis. Sampled by Mike Golden and Benny Brasher.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic Typic Calciustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kerrville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kerrville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Typic Ustochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: escarpment
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with 10 to <45 and a dip of 1 to 1 degrees
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 125
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    COVI8

    DITE3

    MATR3

    MURE2

    QUVI

    SCSC

    Aristida

    Condalia viridis

    Diospyros texana

    Mahonia trifoliolata

    Muhlenbergia reverchonii

    Quercus virginiana

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    threeawn

    green snakewood

    Texas persimmon

    algerita

    seep muhly

    live oak

    little bluestem

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—48

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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

    25

    61

    0

    549

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    315

    610

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and 85 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02960. 12% pebbles 2-20 mm diameter; 8% pebbles 20-75 mm diameter; common very fine and fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bw—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02961. 5% white (10YR 8/2) weakly cemented pebbles 20-75 mm diameter; 35% soft siltstone fragments that slake in water; 2% worm casts in krotovinas, mainly in lower part of horizon; common very fine and fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C/Bw—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); 2 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 98 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), 2 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 98 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), moist; silty clay loam; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02962. 45% soft siltstone fragments that slake in water; C is structureless, massive; Bw has weak fine subangular blocky structure; few medium and coarse roots throughout; common very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Cr—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); 7 percent yellow (2.5Y 7/8) and 8 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 85 percent white (10YR 8/1), 7 percent yellow (10YR 7/8) and 8 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 85 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist; weathered bedrock; massive; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks and 0.5 medium roots in cracks; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02963. weakly cemented by lime; 7% C material; roots and decayed cedar roots within fractures only; most of horizon would slake in water with overnight shaking; weakly cemented by lime; few very fine and fine roots in cracks; few medium roots in cracks; effervescence is continuous
    R—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 99 percent white (10YR 8/1), 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 99 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist; unweathered bedrock; massive; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks and 0.5 medium and coarse roots in cracks; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 91P02964. fractures 10-25 cm apart; strongly cemented by lime; few very fine and fine roots in cracks; few medium and coarse roots in cracks; effervescence is continuous