IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vernon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S82-TX207-001
  • User Pedon ID: MLRA78-Vernon-TX207-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0608
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51395
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.2063904
  • Std. Longitude: -99.6900024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Haskell County, TX; 3 mi N of Haskell on US 277 and 1.5 mi E on County rd, approximately 300 feet N in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX207—Haskell

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vernon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Ustochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03146. Upper 2 cm compacted and weak platy; common caliche fragments up to 1 cm across.; common worm casts concentrations; common very fine roots
    1B k1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03147. Few insect casts up to 2 cm across; about 20 percent visible soft masses and concretions of calcium carbonate, generally vertically oriented and up to 3 cm across; few siliceous pebbles up to 2 cm across with carbonates on lower side; few Fe; few worm casts concentrations; common very fine roots
    1B k2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent insect casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03148. Insect casts up to 1 cm across; few siliceous pebbles up to 1 cm across; common unweathered dusky red and greenish gray shale in lower 6 cm of horizon; 25% visible soft masses and concretions of calcium carbonate up to 3 cm across; generally; common insects casts concentrations; few very fine roots
    1C/Bk1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03149. Very few insect burrows and casts up to 5 cm across; 25% soft masses of calcium carbonate mostly vertically oriented between peds; few calcium carbonate concretions up to 5 cm across; shiny surfaces on shale fragments; few flakes of greenish; few very fine roots
    1C/Bk2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium blocky structure; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent insect casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03150. Roots are flattened and only between peds; shiny surfaces on shale fragments; about 15% soft masses of calcium carbonate between peds; about 1% greenish gray shale.; very few insects casts concentrations; very few fine roots
    1C/Bk3—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches);, weak red (10R 4/4) interior, dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent insect casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03151. About 25 to 30 percent soft masses of calcium carbonate between peds; few very fine calcium carbonate concretions.; few very fine insects casts concentrations; few roots between peds
    1C r1—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03152. Weakly cemented sandstone tilting downward toward south at about 5 to 10 degrees; layer thickness varies from 0 cm on right side of pedon to 23 cm on left side of pedon; few seams of calcium carbonate up to 5 mm thick.
    1C r2—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches);, weak red (10R 4/4) interior, dry; clay; moderate very fine and fine blocky structure; 0.2 roots between peds; 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03153. About 10 percent is Bk horizon material in seams; beds tilt downward to south at about 10 degrees and pinch out on south (left) side of pedon.; few soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few to few roots between peds
    1C r3—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, weak red (10R 4/4) interior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, dry; sandy clay; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03155. Beds tip about 10 degrees to south (left) and olive gray zone is from 0 cm on left side of pedon to 24 cm on right side.
    1C r4—130 to 175 centimeters (51.2 to 68.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior, weak red (10R 5/4) interior, dry; sandy clay; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03156. One root in carbonate seam.
    1C r5—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, weak red (10R 5/4) interior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, dry; sandy clay; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P03157. Interbedded and cross-bedded weakly cemented sandstone of sandy clay texture; stratified with red (35%) and gray (65%).