IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ships
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974TX145004
  • User Pedon ID: S1974TX145004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974TX145004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4640
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40792
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 31.3047218
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9127808
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the intersection of Texas Highway 7 and Texas Highway 6 in Marlin, .8 miles west on Texas Highway 7; 315 feet north in cultivated field
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX145—Falls
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX145—Falls County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, active, thermic Udic Chromusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ships
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SHIPS
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    ANGE

    CAIL2

    CAIL2

    CELTI

    CELTI

    CYDA

    FRAXI

    GOSSY

    PAAN

    PAAN

    PROSO

    QUVI

    QUVI

    SOBIB

    SOBIB

    SOHA

    ULMUS

    Andropogon gerardii

    Carya illinoinensis

    Carya illinoinensis

    Celtis

    Celtis

    Cynodon dactylon

    Fraxinus

    Gossypium

    Panicum anceps

    Panicum anceps

    Prosopis

    Quercus virginiana

    Quercus virginiana

    Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor

    Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor

    Sorghum halepense

    Ulmus

    big bluestem

    pecan

    pecan

    hackberry

    hackberry

    Bermudagrass

    ash

    cotton

    beaked panicgrass

    beaked panicgrass

    mesquite

    live oak

    live oak

    grain sorghum

    grain sorghum

    Johnsongrass

    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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    1092

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    18.9

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35287
    A12—15 to 86 centimeters (5.9 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35288
    B2—86 to 137 centimeters (33.9 to 53.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35289
    C—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35290