IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Minwells
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974TX363001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974TX363001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4631
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40783
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 32.7920306
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2002611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the junction of US Hwy 281 and US Hwy 180 in Mineral Wells, 4.7 miles west to the Brazos River bridge, 0.7 mile west on US Hwy 180, and 600 feet south in pasture to south face of gravel pit:
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX363—Palo Pinto
  • MLRA: 80B—Texas North-Central Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX363—Palo Pinto County, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: 1981 Palo Pinto County Soil Survey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Udic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Minwells (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/2014
  • Classifier - Minwells
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minwells
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium over sandy and gravelly alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: *MP
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—15

    15—116

    15—16

    —15—

    —101—

    —1—

    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

    1

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; many (8.0) fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter quartz fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35233
    Bt1—15 to 44 centimeters (5.9 to 17.3 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; common (3.0) fine roots; few (0.5) fine pores; 80 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-15-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-15-20 millimeter quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35234. continuous - phpvsfiid 1164911; continuous - phpvsfiid 1164911
    Bt2—44 to 79 centimeters (17.3 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; few (0.5) medium roots between peds and common (3.0) fine roots between peds; few (0.5) fine pores; dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-10-20 millimeter chert fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35235
    Bt3—79 to 116 centimeters (31.1 to 45.7 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few (0.5) fine roots between peds; few (0.5) fine pores; dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-10-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter quartz fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35236
    Bk1—116 to 144 centimeters (45.7 to 56.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few (0.5) fine roots between peds; few (0.5) medium and coarse and common (3.0) fine pores; red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent threadlike carbonate masses on faces of peds and 1 percent carbonate masses on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter quartz fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35237
    Bk2—144 to 179 centimeters (56.7 to 70.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-20-25 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-20-25 millimeter quartz fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35238
    2Ck1—179 to 203 centimeters (70.5 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; hard, friable; few (0.5) fine roots top of horizon; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 2 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 75-85-102 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-85-102 millimeter chert fragments and 26 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-38-74 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-38-74 millimeter quartz fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35239
    2Ck2—203 to 223 centimeters (79.9 to 87.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), moist; very gravelly coarse sand; massive, and single grain; loose, loose; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 2 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 75-90-102 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-90-102 millimeter chert fragments and 21 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-38-74 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-38-74 millimeter quartz fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35240