IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acove

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2009TX307002

User Pedon ID: S09TX307002

Vegetation Plot ID: S2009TX307002

Transect:

User Transect ID - T09TX3070002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0838

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24844

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: 31.0030804

Std. Longitude: -99.1812363

Datum: WGS84

State: Texas

County: TX307—McCulloch

MLRA: 82A—Texas Central Basin

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31099-A2—Voca, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: wg,jam,alb,rd,cs

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Typic Haplustalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Acove (flagged as OSD)

PSC - 33 to 83 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/26/2010

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Acove

Classificaton Date - 4/21/2009

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone

Landscape: dissected plateau

Landform: undulating plain

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Bedrock: moderately coherent moderate weathered sandstone, unspecified at 90cm with 100 to <200

Geology: Crh 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
R082AY373TX	Sandy Loam 25-32 PZ

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/21/2009 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ARPU9 CAIN2 OPLE OPUNT PRGLG SMILA2	Aristida purpurea Callirhoe involucrata Opuntia leptocaulis Opuntia Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa Smilax	purple threeawn purple poppymallow Christmas cactus pricklypear honey mesquite greenbrier	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic bedrock, lithic	moderately coherent strongly coherent	90 - 125 125 -	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon slickensides paralithic contact lithic contact	0—33 33—90 67—90 90—125 125—	—- —- —- —- —-

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	—	—	481	—	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; 65 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; loose, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02904; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

A2—14 to 33 centimeters (5.5 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loamy sand; 65 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02905; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt1—33 to 47 centimeters (13.0 to 18.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine irregular pores; 2 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02906; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 456222; continuous - phpvsfiid 456222

Bt2—47 to 67 centimeters (18.5 to 26.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very flaggy sandy clay; 45 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 40 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 150-?-280 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 40 percent stone line (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02907; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 456223; continuous - phpvsfiid 456223

Bt3—67 to 90 centimeters (26.4 to 35.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; clay; 30 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 50 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint pressure faces and 30 percent distinct slickensides (geogenic); 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02908; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 456225; continuous - phpvsfiid 456224; continuous - phpvsfiid 456226; continuous - phpvsfiid 456227; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 456225; continuous - phpvsfiid 456224; continuous - phpvsfiid 456226; continuous - phpvsfiid 456227

Cr—90 to 125 centimeters (35.4 to 49.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; bedrock; structureless massive; moderately coherent; high excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02909; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

R—125 to 130 centimeters (49.2 to 51.2 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; bedrock; structureless massive; strongly coherent; very high excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n.; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry