IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mushaway

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S05-TX033-003

User Pedon ID: S05-TX033-003

Vegetation Plot ID: S05-TX033-003

User Site Association ID: S05-TX033-003

Transect:

User Transect ID - MLRA78 Update Pedons

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Pedon # - 06N0177

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18033

Print Date: 11/11/2024

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: 32.7018623

Std. Longitude: -101.4414749

Datum: WGS84

Country: US—United States

State: Texas

County: TX033—Borden

MLRA: 78—Central Rolling Red Plains

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32101-F4—Mushaway Peak, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: ALS JAG TRD WJG SCH RMR

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, superactive, thermic Aridic Haplusterts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Mushaway

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/10/2008

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Mushaway

Classificaton Date - 9/14/2005

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: residuum weathered from Triassic mudstone

Landscape: dissected plains

Landform: low hill, knob

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: noncoherent mudstone at 88cm with <10

Geology: Trd formation.

Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat rounded quartzite,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/14/2005 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID:

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Yield Study ID -

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			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
A A Bss1 Bss1 Bss2 Bss2 Cd/ B Cd/ B Cd/ B Cdk1 Cdk2	0 0 12 12 35 35 62 62 62 88 119	12 12 35 35 62 62 88 88 88 119 200	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —

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
A A Bss1 Bss1 Bss2 Bss2 Cd/ B Cd/ B Cd/ B Cdk1 Cdk2	0 0 12 12 35 35 62 62 62 88 119	12 12 35 35 62 62 88 88 88 119 200	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —		— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —

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	%
A A Bss1 Bss1 Bss2 Bss2 Cd/ B Cd/ B Cd/ B Cdk1 Cdk2	0 0 12 12 35 35 62 62 62 88 119	12 12 35 35 62 62 88 88 88 119 200	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— 7 — 2 — 3 — — 1 — —	— — — — — — 1 — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	2 — 11 — 15 — — 18 — 19 23	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
AMDR BOLAT BORI BUDA EPHED OPENL OPIM PLMU3 PRGLG SATR12	Amphiachyris dracunculoides Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana Bouteloua rigidiseta Buchloe dactyloides Ephedra Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri Opuntia imbricata Pleuraphis mutica Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa Salsola tragus	prairie broomweed silver beardgrass Texas grama buffalograss jointfir Texas pricklypear tree cholla tobosagrass honey mesquite prickly Russian thistle	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material bedrock, densic	— —	88 - 200 119 - 200	- 112 - - 81 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon slickensides densic materials secondary carbonates	0—18 12—62 62—200 88—200	—18— —50— —138— —112—

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
3	—	—	738	—		457	—	214	16.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	TX3411	Gail	—

A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 36 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 39 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume quartzite fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00570

Bss1—12 to 35 centimeters (4.7 to 13.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) broken face, moist; clay; 24 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 49 percent clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 3 percent by volume quartzite fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00571. continuous - phpvsfiid 303866; continuous - phpvsfiid 303866

Bss2—35 to 62 centimeters (13.8 to 24.4 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) broken face, moist; silty clay; 8 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 1 percent by volume quartzite fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00572. continuous - phpvsfiid 303867; continuous - phpvsfiid 303867

Cd/ B—62 to 88 centimeters (24.4 to 34.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 34 percent clay; 15 percent light greenish gray (10GY 7/1) medium and coarse mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 1 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 15 percent medium and coarse iron depletions in matrix; 2 percent fine and medium carbonate masses throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00573

Cdk1—88 to 119 centimeters (34.6 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face, red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; silty clay; 2 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 40 percent clay; 20 percent light greenish gray (10GY 7/1) medium and coarse mottles; slow permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 4 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium and coarse iron depletions in matrix; 4 percent fine and medium carbonate masses throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00574

Cdk2—119 to 200 centimeters (46.9 to 78.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face, red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 34 percent clay; 5 percent light greenish gray (10GY 7/1) medium and coarse mottles; medium and coarse massive; slow permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 15 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine and medium carbonate masses in cracks; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 06N00575