IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wockley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992TX473001
  • User Pedon ID: 92TX473001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64940
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 30.0947227
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9716644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: intersection of US Hwy 290 & Farm Rd. 1098 at Prairie View, TX. 1.1 mi. N on Farm Rd. 1098 0.6 mi. N thru campus, 0.5 mi. E on Farm Rd. 600 feet S. in cultivated field.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX473—Waller
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX600—Austin and Waller Counties, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lane Neithsch Chervenka Batte
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wockley
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wockley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudalfs
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    53—200

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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

    1

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    82

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    230

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine and medium pores; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04267
    A2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 fine and medium pores; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron stains in root channels and/or pores; 30 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04268
    E—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine and medium pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron stains in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04269
    Bt—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron stains in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04270. few crayfish krotovinas 3 to 4 cm across extend to 180cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1163989; patchy - phpvsfiid 1163989
    Btc1—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium and coarse ironstone nodules and 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium and coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04271. patchy - phpvsfiid 1163990; patchy - phpvsfiid 1163990
    Btc2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium and coarse ironstone nodules and 21 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04272. few isolated areas 10 to 12 cm across have concentrations of about 25% ironstone nodules. About 3% medium plinthite. 3 to 5% brittle masses.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1163991; patchy - phpvsfiid 1163992; continuous - phpvsfiid 1163991; patchy - phpvsfiid 1163992
    Btc3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine and medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium and coarse ironstone nodules and 21 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04273. few isolated areas 10 to 12cm across have concentrations of about 25% ironstone nodules. About 2% fine plinthite. 3 to 5% brittle masses.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1163993; patchy - phpvsfiid 1163994; continuous - phpvsfiid 1163993; patchy - phpvsfiid 1163994
    Btc4—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 5 percent medium and coarse ironstone nodules and 5 percent medium and coarse prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium and coarse prominent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04274. thin continuous clay films on faces of prism, thin patchy clay films on faces of blocks. very thin coatings of clean sand grains on vertical faces of some peds, few patchy iron manganese coatings on vertical faces of some peds.
    Btc5—183 to 200 centimeters (72.0 to 78.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) gravelly clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds; 17 percent medium and coarse ironstone nodules and 21 percent medium and coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # 92P04275. continuous - phpvsfiid 1163995; continuous - phpvsfiid 1163995