IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AUSTIN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962TX309001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962TX309001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4535
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40687
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 31.4083328
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1999969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: E on first overpass N of Lorena on US 81 (IH 35), about 11 miles S of Waco; 3/4 miles NE, 100 yards E in cultivated field.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX309—McLennan
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX309—McLennan County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Stout, H. Oakes, W. R. Elder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, carbonatic, thermic Entic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AUSTIN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Austin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak and moderate fine and medium granular structure; very hard, firm; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A34643
    A12—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; 1 percent medium mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 21.0 fine pores; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34644
    B21—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions and 3 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34645
    B22—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (10YR 5/3) and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34646
    B23&C—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist; silty clay; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34647
    R—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1); fragments. Lab sample # 40A34648