IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maverick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S02-TX505-005
  • User Pedon ID: S02-TX505-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0181
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15692
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 26.8584175
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2270813
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of US Highway 83 and Texas Highway 16 in Zapata, Texas; 5.6 miles south on US Highway 83; 100 feet east on ranch road; 0.8 mile north on ranch road; 400 feet northeast on ranch road; 65 feet east in rangeland.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX505—Zapata
  • MLRA: 83B—Western Rio Grande Plain
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX505—Zapata County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 26099-G2—Arroyo Clareno, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ramiro Molina, Natahan Haile, Denis Brezina, Paul Holland, Jamey Douglass
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Aridic Haplustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maverick
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Aridic Haplustepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Yegua
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: noncoherent claystone at 105cm with <10
  • Geology: Yegua Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: E8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • 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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00963
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00964
    Bw—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent very fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00965
    Bkyz1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent fine salt masses and 3 percent fine gypsum masses and 10 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00966
    Bkyz2—61 to 82 centimeters (24.0 to 32.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 5 percent fine reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), dry, iron-manganese masses on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine gypsum masses and 5 percent fine carbonate masses and 20 percent fine salt, finely disseminated; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00967
    Cdyz1—82 to 105 centimeters (32.3 to 41.3 inches); 75 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) and 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8); massive; noncoherent; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 2 percent spherical yellowish red (5YR 5/8), dry, iron-manganese nodules; 15 percent fine salt masses and 15 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00968. Gpsum masses .5 in across pockets
    Cdyz2—105 to 137 centimeters (41.3 to 53.9 inches); 60 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) and 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 5 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8); massive; noncoherent; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 5 percent fine salt masses and 20 percent fine gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00969. Cr material is yegua siltstone/mudstone. It is weakly cemented using the rupture resist test found in the soil survey manual.
    Cd—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3); massive; noncoherent; 4 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), dry, organic stains; 2 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), dry, manganese coatings with sharp boundaries; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00970. Cr material is weakly cemented according to the rupture resistance test found in the soil survey manual.; Horizon has 4% 7.5YR 6/8 linear Fe stains along bedding planes
    Cr—183 to 206 centimeters (72.0 to 81.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3); massive; weakly coherent; 5 percent very fine faint yellow (10YR 7/6), dry, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 03N00971. Cr material is moderately cemented sandstone. Rupture Resistance test found in the soil survey manual was used to determine cementation.