IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Luckenbach
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009TX171002
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX171002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009TX171002
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T09TX1710002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0836
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24842
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 30.2225380
  • Std. Longitude: -99.0313034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX171—Gillespie
  • MLRA: 81B—Edwards Plateau, Central Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30099-B1—Morris Ranch, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: jam,alb,wg,cs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Luckenbach
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Luckenbach
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed sources alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: alluvial plain remnant
  • Landform: dissected plateau
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Kh formation.
  • 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
    R081BY326TX Clay Loam 23-31 PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CYDA

    Cynodon dactylon

    Bermudagrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—53

    15—115

    115—203

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    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

    1

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    542

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    215

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 36 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 39 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02891; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; 23 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 47 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and 2.0 fine pores; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02892; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 456232; continuous - phpvsfiid 456231; continuous - phpvsfiid 456232; continuous - phpvsfiid 456231
    Bt2—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay; 20 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 50 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 30 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02893; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 456234; continuous - phpvsfiid 456233; continuous - phpvsfiid 456234; continuous - phpvsfiid 456233
    Bt3—53 to 82 centimeters (20.9 to 32.3 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3), 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and 50 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; 20 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 50 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02894; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 456235; continuous - phpvsfiid 456236; continuous - phpvsfiid 456237; continuous - phpvsfiid 456235; continuous - phpvsfiid 456236; continuous - phpvsfiid 456237
    Btk—82 to 115 centimeters (32.3 to 45.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 25 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 41 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine pores; 5 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate concretions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02895; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 456240; continuous - phpvsfiid 456238; continuous - phpvsfiid 456239; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 456240; continuous - phpvsfiid 456238; continuous - phpvsfiid 456239
    Bk1—115 to 160 centimeters (45.3 to 63.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay; 20 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 20 percent extremely coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist, carbonate concretions with clear boundaries in matrix and 7 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02896; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk2—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2) carbonate concretions with clear boundaries around rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n. Lab sample # 09N02897; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry