IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roughcreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11TX307007
  • User Pedon ID: S11TX307007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11TX307007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8431
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55276
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 31.1513557
  • Std. Longitude: -99.0973282
  • Datum: WGS84

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jessica Jobe, Travis Waiser, Richard Gelnar, Alan Deubler, Ashley Newsome, and Juan Saenz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Lithic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Roughcreek
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified at 30cm with 10 to <45
  • Geology: Og formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 15.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 20.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 75- to 250-millimeter limestone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bt

    0

    7

    7

    30

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    NSSL

    NSSL

    35.9

    60.2

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    45.4

    19.1

    27.3

    13.1

    18.1

    6

    18.7

    20.7

    sieves

    sieves

    1.8

    3.9

    4

    4.3

    3.9

    4.8

    5.1

    4.4

    3.9

    3.3

    300 mesh sieve

    300 mesh sieve

    sicl

    c

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    6.2

    7
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    Bt

    0

    7

    7

    30

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    5.8

    6.5

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bt

    0

    7

    7

    30

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACGR

    BOCU

    BORI

    JUAS

    OPUNT

    PRGL2

    Acacia greggii

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Bouteloua rigidiseta

    Juniperus ashei

    Opuntia

    Prosopis glandulosa

    catclaw acacia

    sideoats grama

    Texas grama

    Ashe's juniper

    pricklypear

    honey mesquite

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    30 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—30

    7—30

    30—

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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

    2

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    498

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    160

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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist; gravelly silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—7 to 30 centimeters (2.8 to 11.8 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), 70 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—30 centimeters (11.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.