IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): THURBER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX237001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981TX237001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981TX237001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0293
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50530
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 33.0080566
  • Std. Longitude: -98.4161148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of ranch road 2210 and US Highway 281 in Perrin, 1.9 miles south on 281 to ranch road heading west. West on ranch road about 550 feet. Site is about 50 feet south of ranch road in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX237—Jack
  • MLRA: 80B—Texas North-Central Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX237—Jack County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charlie Meier and Rusty Dowell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Haplustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - THURBER
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thurber
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous alluvial outwash
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (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

    ANDRO2

    BRJA

    PAOB

    PROSO

    Andropogon

    Bromus japonicus

    Panicum obtusum

    Prosopis

    bluestem

    Japanese brome

    vine mesquite

    mesquite

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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

    1

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    323.1

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt—15 to 61 centimeters (5.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 21.0 fine roots; thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01535. continuous - phpvsfiid 262430; continuous - phpvsfiid 262430
    Btk—61 to 104 centimeters (24.0 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate fine blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 262431; continuous - phpvsfiid 262431
    BCk—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary.
    Ck—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; massive; hard, friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red.