IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AUSTIN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962TX309002
  • User Pedon ID: S1962TX309002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4536
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40688
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 31.3999996
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1944427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: E 1.3 miles of Lorena, Texas (0.87 miles NE of first overpass N of Lorena on US 81, 0.65 miles on middle county road at junction, 0.55 miles S, 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, W. R. Elder, H. Oakes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, carbonatic, thermic Entic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AUSTIN
  • PSC - 25 to 97 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 Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: 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 subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A34649
    A1—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 3 percent worm casts and 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34650
    B21—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34651
    B22—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34652
    C—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay loam; very hard, firm; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34653
    R—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A34654