IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972TX257001
  • User Pedon ID: S1972TX257001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4614
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40766
  • 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: 32.3719444
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1333313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX257—Kaufman
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellis
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellis
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/2010 (entry creation 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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 21.0 roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 40A35145
    B1—10 to 56 centimeters (3.9 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent clay films; 1 percent strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35146
    B2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35147
    C—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 40A35148