IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kerrville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963TX171001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963TX171001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963TX171001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4500
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40653
  • 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: 30.1702785
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6144409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Otto Schuman Ranch; 3 miles southwest of Albert, Texas, due east of entrance gate 200 yards.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX171—Gillespie
  • MLRA: 81C—Edwards Plateau, Eastern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX171—Gillespie County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Stout
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic Typic Ustochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kerrville
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brackett
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BORI

    BORI

    MURE2

    QUVI

    QUVI

    RHTR

    SPCOC2

    VIMO2

    Bouteloua rigidiseta

    Bouteloua rigidiseta

    Muhlenbergia reverchonii

    Quercus virginiana

    Quercus virginiana

    Rhus trilobata

    Sporobolus compositus var. compositus

    Vitis monticola

    Texas grama

    Texas grama

    seep muhly

    live oak

    live oak

    skunkbush sumac

    composite dropseed

    sweet mountain grape

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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

    15

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate fine granular, and subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 21 percent fine worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34405
    A12—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate fine granular, and subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 21 percent fine worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34406
    B2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 3 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 3 percent coarse carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine worm casts; limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34407
    C—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) gravelly loam; limestone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A34408
    R—66 centimeters (26.0 inches); limestone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A34409