IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vernon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S80-TX253-001
  • User Pedon ID: MLRA78-Vernon-TX253-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0276
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48054
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 32.7505569
  • Std. Longitude: -99.6816635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jones County, Texas; 22 km E of Anson on US Hwy 180 31 meters N in rangeland in head cut of a gully.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX253—Jones

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Walding Yeck Finney Cyprian Lowther Williams
  • 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 - 5/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01461. About 5 percent quartz pebbles up to 2 cm in diameter in horizon and on surface. Calcareous; few worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1A 12—6 to 25 centimeters (2.4 to 9.8 inches);, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, dry; clay, clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; 11 percent worm casts; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01462. Common ant casts. About 5 percent quartz pebbles carbonate nodules and light gray 2.5Y 7/2 shale fragments. Calcareous; common worm casts concentrations; common fine roots
    1B 21ca—25 to 45 centimeters (9.8 to 17.7 inches);, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, dry; clay, silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01463. Few less than 1 percent siliceous pebbles. Few very fine to coarse calcareous cemented shaly nodules. About 10 percent medium to very fine soft masses of calcium carbonate. Calcareous; common worm casts concentrations; few fine roots
    1B 22ca—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches);, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent , dry, black stains on faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01464. Common calcareous cemented shaly nodules. 15 percent very fine to coarse soft masses of calcium carbonate. Calcareous; few very fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few worm casts concentrations; common black stains surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1B 23ca—65 to 90 centimeters (25.6 to 35.4 inches);, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, dry; clay, silty clay; weak very coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent , dry, black stains on faces of peds and 37 percent , dry, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01465. About 7 percent very fine to coarse soft masses of calcium carbonate. Calcareous; few very fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few black stains surface features on faces of peds; common intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots
    1B 31—90 to 115 centimeters (35.4 to 45.3 inches);, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, dry; clay, clay; weak coarse angular blocky, and weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01466. Structure almost massive moist but moderate when dry. Few slickensides tilted 20 to 30 degrees from horizontal.About 3 percent very fine and fine soft masses of calcium carbonate. Calcareous; few fine roots
    1B 32—115 to 135 centimeters (45.3 to 53.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; weak very coarse angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent black stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01467. Few slickensies. Few carbonate cemented shaly nodules up to 3 cm in diameter. 2 to 5 percent light gray 2.5Y 7/2 splotches. Few fine angular blocky units which are probably rock structure. Calcareous; few black stains surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1C r1—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01468. Rock structure. Few slickensides. Few calcareous cemented shale nodules up to 4 cm in diameter. 2 to 5 percent splotches of light gray shale. Few very fine to fine soft masses of calcium carbonate. Calcareous; few very fine roots
    1C r2—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 1 percent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) fine mottles; fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01469. Common soft calcium carbonate coatings on fracture faces.; few roots; few fine 5YR62 mottles
    1C r3—190 to 225 centimeters (74.8 to 88.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 1 percent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) mottles; fine and medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01470. Mottles up to 1 cm in diameter. One siliceous or carbonate pebble about 1 cm in diameter. Few threads and films of calcium carbonate in fractures.; few fine roots; few 5YR62 mottles
    1C r4—225 to 260 centimeters (88.6 to 102.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 1 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) mottles; very fine and fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P01471. Mottles 5 to 15 mm in diameter. Few 1 to 5 mm in dimeter calcium carbonate nodules. Few faint calcium carbonate coatings on fracture faces.; few 5Y72 mottles