IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paducah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980TX433002
  • User Pedon ID: S1980TX433002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48057
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 33.0094452
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4316635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Stonewall County, Texas; 14.4 miles southwest on Farm Road 610 from its intersection with U.S. Highway 83 on the south side of Aspermont TX, then 100 feet east in rangeland. (23 km SW on Farm Rd 610 from its intersection with US Hwy 83 on S side of Aspermont 31 meters E in rangeland)
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX433—Stonewall
  • MLRA: 78B—Central Rolling Red Plains, Western Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX433—Stonewall County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33100-A4—Double Mountains, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Allen Stahnke Wilding Yeck Finney Cyprian Lowther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Paducah
  • PSC - 50 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paducah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Haplustalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1980
  • 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 and/or residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: dissected plains
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Whitehorse formation of the Permian, Guadalupian Series group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01492. Few faint slightly darker horizontal bands.; few worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01493. Few siliceous pebbles up to 1 cm in di—ter.; common worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    BA—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01494. Few siliceous pebbles up to 1 cm in diameter.; common worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    Bt1—50 to 67 centimeters (19.7 to 26.4 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01495. Noncalcareous; common worm casts concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 365111; patchy - phpvsfiid 365111
    Bt2—67 to 95 centimeters (26.4 to 37.4 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01496. Noncalcareous; common worm casts concentrations; common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 365112; continuous - phpvsfiid 365112
    Bt3—95 to 122 centimeters (37.4 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent threadlike carbonate concretions and 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01497. Matryx noncalcareous; few lime concretions concentrations; few worm casts concentrations; few very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 365113; patchy - phpvsfiid 365113
    Bt4—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01498. Few calcium carbonate concretions 2 to 3 cm in diameter. Matryx noncalcareous; few worm casts concentrations; few lime concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 365115; patchy - phpvsfiid 365115
    Bt5—145 to 171 centimeters (57.1 to 67.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01499. Few calcium carbonate concretions 2 to 3 cm in diameter. Mtryx noncalcareous ped faces calcareous; few worm casts concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 365117; patchy - phpvsfiid 365117
    Btk—171 to 209 centimeters (67.3 to 82.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, 2.5YR 3/ (2.5YR 3/), interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01500. Matryx noincalcareous ped faces calcareous; few lime concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 365118; patchy - phpvsfiid 365118
    Bk—209 to 232 centimeters (82.3 to 91.3 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; massive, and weak very fine subangular blocky; very hard, friable; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01501. About 20 percent medium to very fine soft masses and concretions of calcium carbonate. Matryx calcareous
    C1—232 to 257 centimeters (91.3 to 101.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01502. About 25 percent soft masses up to 2 cm in diameter and soft calcium carbonate on faces of fissures. Matryx calcareous
    C2—257 to 281 centimeters (101.2 to 110.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, 5YR 3/6 (5YR 3/6) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P01503. About 25 percent soft msses of calcium carbonate up to 2 cm in diameter. Matryx calcareous