IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cranfill

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S09TX1930004

User Pedon ID: S09TX1930004

Vegetation Plot ID: S09TX1930004

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 10N0574

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37504

Print Date: 11/21/2024

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: 31.7366447

Std. Longitude: -97.9498444

Datum: WGS84

State: Texas

County: TX193—Hamilton

MLRA: 85—Grand Prairie

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31097-F8—Cutoff Mountain, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: ALS, JAG, JRJ, GWH

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Udic Calciustepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Cranfill

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/5/2022

Classifier - Sidney Paulson

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Cranfill

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, thermic Udic Calciustepts

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/2/2009

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine-loamy slope alluvium derived from limestone of the Walnut formation

Landscape: hills

Landform: hillslope

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Geology: Kwa formation of the Fredericksburg Group group.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/2/2009 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID:

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Yield Study ID -

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ARIST BOCU BOHI2 BOLAT BUDA CRTE4 FOPU2 JUAS LIPU RHUS	Aristida Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua hirsuta Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana Buchloe dactyloides Croton texensis Forestiera pubescens Juniperus ashei Liatris punctata Rhus	threeawn sideoats grama hairy grama silver beardgrass buffalograss Texas croton stretchberry Ashe's juniper dotted blazing star sumac	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon calcic horizon	0—15 15—44 44—210	—- —- —-

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
4	—	—	341	—	240	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N02397; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bw—15 to 44 centimeters (5.9 to 17.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N02398; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bk1—44 to 80 centimeters (17.3 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N02399; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bk2—80 to 106 centimeters (31.5 to 41.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.5 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine faint threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N02400; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bk3—106 to 171 centimeters (41.7 to 67.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; moderately hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent fine distinct platy moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries around rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N02401; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bk4—171 to 199 centimeters (67.3 to 78.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent fine distinct platy moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries around rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N02402; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bk5—199 to 210 centimeters (78.3 to 82.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct platy moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries around rock fragments and 2 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 10N02403; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small