IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sagerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09TX353-101
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX353101
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09TX353-101
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S09TX353101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45609
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 32.5177078
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4754105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX353—Nolan
  • MLRA: 78B—Central Rolling Red Plains, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32100-E4—Busby, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: 78 Staff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sagerton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone and sandstone and/or alluvium derived from gypsum
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Geology: Qu formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/12/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • 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

    AMDR

    BUDA

    OPLE

    PRGL2

    SETAR

    SPORO

    ZIOB

    Amphiachyris dracunculoides

    Buchloe dactyloides

    Opuntia leptocaulis

    Prosopis glandulosa

    Setaria

    Sporobolus

    Ziziphus obtusifolia

    prairie broomweed

    buffalograss

    Christmas cactus

    honey mesquite

    bristlegrass

    dropseed

    lotebush

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    gypsic horizon

    0—44

    25—291

    66—291

    152—291

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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

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7462
    Bt1—25 to 44 centimeters (9.8 to 17.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay; 41 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 coarse low-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7464. continuous - phpvsfiid 452484; continuous - phpvsfiid 452484
    Bt2—44 to 66 centimeters (17.3 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 36 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 coarse pores; 18 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7465. continuous - phpvsfiid 452485; continuous - phpvsfiid 452485
    Btk1—66 to 85 centimeters (26.0 to 33.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 39 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 coarse high-continuity vesicular pores; 18 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7466. continuous - phpvsfiid 452486; continuous - phpvsfiid 452486
    Btk2—85 to 126 centimeters (33.5 to 49.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine and 2.0 coarse low-continuity vesicular pores; 18 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-35 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7467. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452487; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452487
    Btk3—126 to 152 centimeters (49.6 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 41 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine and 1.0 coarse high-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; and 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-35 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7468. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452488; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452488
    Btky1—152 to 188 centimeters (59.8 to 74.0 inches); 90 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and 10 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), 90 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and 10 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist; clay; 42 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine and 1.0 coarse pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-35 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7469. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452489; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452489
    Btky2—188 to 249 centimeters (74.0 to 98.0 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and 20 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), 80 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and 20 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist; clay; 48 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine pores; 18 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 8 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-35 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7472. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452490; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452490
    Btky3—249 to 291 centimeters (98.0 to 114.6 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 20 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and 20 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist; clay; 51 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and 1.0 coarse pores; 18 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-35 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7474. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452491; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452491
    Cy1—291 to 322 centimeters (114.6 to 126.8 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 30 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 30 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist; clay; structureless massive; 20 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7475
    Cy2—322 to 362 centimeters (126.8 to 142.5 inches); 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 50 percent white (5YR 8/1), 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 50 percent white (5YR 8/1), moist; clay; structureless massive; 50 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # TAMU7477