IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brundage

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S11TX3111020

User Pedon ID: S11TX3111020

Vegetation Plot ID: S11TX3111020

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Pedon # - 11N1324

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58631

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 28.5296574

Std. Longitude: -98.7779770

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Y-Bar Ranch

State: Texas

County: TX311—McMullen

MLRA: 83A—Northern Rio Grande Plain

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28098-E7—Zella, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: CKH, GWH, JN, JBA

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Aridic Natrustalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Brundage

PSC - 24 to 74 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/11/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Brundage

Classificaton Date - 3/11/2011

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine-loamy alluvium

Landscape: coastal plain

Landform: stream terrace

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: moderately well

Geology: Alluvium formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/11/2011 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs

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
ACFA CENCH CEPA8 CIRSI OPUNT PECIC PROSO	Acacia farnesiana Cenchrus Celtis pallida Cirsium Opuntia Pennisetum ciliare var. ciliare Prosopis	aroma sandbur spiny hackberry thistle pricklypear buffelgrass mesquite	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
natric	—	24 - 101	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
argillic horizon natric horizon salt accumulations redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less	24—142 24—101 46—142 142—203 142—203	—- —- —- —- —-

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
1.5	—	—	89	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sand; 13 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.

Ap2—12 to 24 centimeters (4.7 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.

Btn—24 to 46 centimeters (9.4 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 30 percent clay; strong coarse columnar structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent organic stains and 25 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary.

Btkn1—46 to 73 centimeters (18.1 to 28.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 32 percent clay; strong medium columnar structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine salt masses throughout and 4 percent medium carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.

Btkn2—73 to 101 centimeters (28.7 to 39.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine salt masses throughout and 3 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary.

Btkn3—101 to 142 centimeters (39.8 to 55.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 29 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses in matrix and 2 percent medium very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent fine salt masses throughout and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary.

BC—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 19 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary.

C—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 65 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-15-30 millimeter chert fragments; slight effervescence.