IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ELLIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972TX349009
  • User Pedon ID: S1972TX349009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972TX349009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4615
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40767
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 32.1955566
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2394409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Navarro County, Texas; 50 feet south of an unpaved road from a point 2.2 miles east of Farm Road 636 in Bazette, which is 4.0 miles north of Kerens
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX349—Navarro
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX349—Navarro County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Udertic Ustochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ELLIS
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ELLIS
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1972 (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

    ARIST

    ARIST

    CELTI

    CELTI

    OPUNT

    OPUNT

    PROSO

    ULMUS

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Celtis

    Celtis

    Opuntia

    Opuntia

    Prosopis

    Ulmus

    threeawn

    threeawn

    hackberry

    hackberry

    pricklypear

    pricklypear

    mesquite

    elm

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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

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35149
    B1—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35150
    B2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches);, olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent coarse carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35151
    B3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches);, gray (N 6/0), dry; clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35152
    C1—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); clay; light olive gray (5Y 6/2) distinct and yellow (10YR 7/8) distinct mottles; massive; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A35153
    C2—91 to 168 centimeters (35.8 to 66.1 inches);, gray (N 6/0), dry; yellow (10YR 7/6) distinct mottles; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35154