IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blanket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: sandy clay loam
  • User Site ID: S1996TX143013
  • User Pedon ID: 96TX143013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996TX143013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0312
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68390
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.1186270
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1578270
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: HoB—Slidell clay, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX143—Erath
  • MLRA: 85—Grand Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX143—Erath County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32098-A2—Alexander, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Greenwade T. Sobecki E. Griffin S. Brown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blanket
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2019
  • Classifier - Chance Robinson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blankett Pasture
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, montmorillonitic, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1996
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: low ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R085AY279TX Clayey Swale 30-38 Jun 21 2019 Chance Robinson

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap1

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    7.5
    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

    Ap1

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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 %

    Ap1

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMBRO

    BORI

    CYDA

    PROSO

    SPORO

    Ambrosia

    Bouteloua rigidiseta

    Cynodon dactylon

    Prosopis

    Sporobolus

    ragweed

    Texas grama

    Bermudagrass

    mesquite

    dropseed

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

    mollic epipedon

    free carbonates

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    slickensides

    0—112

    0—180

    28—85

    48—180

    85—147

    —112—

    —180—

    —57—

    —132—

    —62—
    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

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    353

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    941

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    243

    17.6

    27

    7.6

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    412598

    DUBLIN 2SE

    COOP
    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 1 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-5-20 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 96P02450, 96P02458
    Ap2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 3 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight 5-15-20 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume , 8 percent by weight 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 96P02451
    Bt—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay; coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 96P02452
    Btk1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay; coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 96P02453
    Btk2—64 to 85 centimeters (25.2 to 33.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate prismatic structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 96P02454
    Bss1—85 to 112 centimeters (33.5 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 96P02455
    Bss2—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 96P02456
    BCk1—147 to 180 centimeters (57.9 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear boundary. Lab sample # 96P02457
    BCk2—180 to 180 centimeters (70.9 to 70.9 inches); clay loam; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; clear boundary. 40% soft carbonate