IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOUSTON BLACK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953TX139001
  • User Pedon ID: S1953TX139001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4579
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40731
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 32.5397224
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6605530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NE edge of Ferris, TX on the E side of the clay pits of the Ferris Brick Company in a field cultivated for 50 years or more.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX139—Ellis
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX139—Ellis County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. H. Templin and G. W. Kunze
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HOUSTON BLACK
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Houston
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A11—0 to 46 centimeters (0.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine granular parts to fine angular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34925
    A12—46 to 97 centimeters (18.1 to 38.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34926
    AC1—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; 3 percent medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 0.5 fine pores; slickensides (pedogenic); 21 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34927
    AC2—137 to 213 centimeters (53.9 to 83.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay; 21 percent coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; extremely firm*; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34928
    C1—213 to 457 centimeters (83.9 to 179.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; extremely hard; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34929
    C2—457 to 1067 centimeters (179.9 to 420.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) clay; 1 percent coarse mottles; extremely hard; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A34930
    C3—1067 to 1524 centimeters (420.1 to 600.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) clay; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A34931