IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Burleson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996TX051003
  • User Pedon ID: 96TX051003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0255
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68333
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 30.4893341
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4790802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Burleson County, Texas, USA. About 1 mi(1.5 km) west of Snook, TX; about 56 meters SE of fence along state highway 60.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX051—Burleson
  • MLRA: 87—Texas Claypan Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX051—Burleson County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30096-D4—Snook, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DW, RA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Burleson
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2013
  • Classifier - Chance M. Robinson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Burleson-Depres.
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Typic Haplusterts
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/1996
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Ponding: occasional ponding begining in jan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/30/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 25
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    free carbonates

    0—18

    39—280

    80—252

    80—280

    —18—

    —241—

    —172—

    —200—
    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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    —

    78

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P02049. Matrix non calcareous; a few small CO3 conc. do effervesce.
    A2—15 to 39 centimeters (5.9 to 15.4 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P02050. Few krotovina 10YR 5/4, few 7.5YR 5/4 krotovina; a siliceous pebble at 30 cm; matrix non calc.; concr. effervesce.
    Bss—39 to 80 centimeters (15.4 to 31.5 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P02051. Slickenside surface also 10YR 2/1; krotovina fill 5YR 4/4 (crayfish); matrix non-calc.; concr. effervesce; krotovina effervesces violently.
    Bkss1—80 to 108 centimeters (31.5 to 42.5 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P02052. Slickenside surface same as matrix; 2-3% of 1-3mm CaCO3 concr. 2.5Y 6/1; no krotovinas; matrix calcareous
    Bkss2—108 to 140 centimeters (42.5 to 55.1 inches);, very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; clay; strong medium wedge structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 1 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P02053. Crayfish tubes 40 mm wide filled with 5YR 4/4 and 7.5YR 4/6, strongly effervescent; SS surface 2.5Y 3/1; matrix calc. concretions effervesce.
    Bkss3—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; strong medium wedge structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P02054. Slickenside surface 10YR 4/1; several crayfish tubes 4-7 cm across run vertically filled w/ 5YR 4/4 and 7.5YR 4/6; 1-5 mm CaCO3 concretions; up to 15% is krotovina mixing; matrix strongly effervesces.
    Bkss4—180 to 220 centimeters (70.9 to 86.6 inches);, 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist; clay; strong coarse wedge structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P02055. Calcareous matrix with mixed colors; calc. matrix; CaCO3 concretions 1-5 mm across; Krotovina fill w/ 5YR 4/4 with strong effer., SS surface 60% 7.5YR 3/1, 40% 5YR 4/4, tilt down.
    Bkss5—220 to 252 centimeters (86.6 to 99.2 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay; strong coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fine noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P02056. 5-10 mm soft masses CaCO3 10YR 7/2 effervesce strongly; matrix calc., SS faces darker (grayish)
    B'ss—252 to 280 centimeters (99.2 to 110.2 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 96P02057. No observable concretions but matrix effervesces violently.