IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sagerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09TX353-102
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX353102
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09TX353-102
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S09TX353102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45610
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 32.5175133
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4761200
  • 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-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sagerton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 31 to 81 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
  • 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

    PRGL2

    SPORO

    ZIOB

    Amphiachyris dracunculoides

    Buchloe dactyloides

    Prosopis glandulosa

    Sporobolus

    Ziziphus obtusifolia

    prairie broomweed

    buffalograss

    honey mesquite

    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

    slickensides

    gypsum accumulations

    secondary carbonates

    0—31

    31—129

    66—114

    115—362

    129—163

    —31—

    —98—

    —48—

    —247—

    —34—
    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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    671

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    A—0 to 31 centimeters (0.0 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7479
    Bt—31 to 66 centimeters (12.2 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 18 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7480. continuous - phpvsfiid 452478; continuous - phpvsfiid 452478
    Btss1—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; 44 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium wedge structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 12 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7482. continuous - phpvsfiid 452479; continuous - phpvsfiid 452480; continuous - phpvsfiid 452479; continuous - phpvsfiid 452480
    Btss2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; 42 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium wedge structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine high-continuity vesicular pores; 20 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7483. continuous - phpvsfiid 452481; continuous - phpvsfiid 452482; continuous - phpvsfiid 452481; continuous - phpvsfiid 452482
    Bty—114 to 129 centimeters (44.9 to 50.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7484. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452483; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 452483
    BCky—129 to 163 centimeters (50.8 to 64.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; structureless massive parts to moderate medium subangular blocky; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine high-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7485
    Cy1—163 to 208 centimeters (64.2 to 81.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; structureless massive; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7487
    Cy2—208 to 252 centimeters (81.9 to 99.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; structureless massive; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7488
    2Cy3—252 to 268 centimeters (99.2 to 105.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; structureless massive; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7489
    3Cy4—268 to 302 centimeters (105.5 to 118.9 inches); 80 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 20 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), 80 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7490
    3Cy5—302 to 362 centimeters (118.9 to 142.5 inches); 80 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 20 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2), 80 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # TAMU7491