IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): THURBER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX237002
  • User Pedon ID: S1981TX237002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981TX237002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0294
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50531
  • 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: 33.2747231
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1791687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From intersection of US Highway 281 and Texas Highway 148, in Jacksboro, 3.4 miles north on Texas Highway 148; to intersection with unpaved county road; then .2 mile west on county road. Site is 150 yards north in an old abandoned field.
  • 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 #: 2
  • 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 clayey outwash or alluvial sediments
  • Runoff: low
  • 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

    ECHIN2

    PROSO

    Andropogon

    Bromus japonicus

    Echinocactus

    Prosopis

    bluestem

    Japanese brome

    echinocactus

    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

    3

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    295.7

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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, very firm; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; thick clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01536. continuous - phpvsfiid 262432; continuous - phpvsfiid 262432
    Bt2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; thick clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 262433; continuous - phpvsfiid 262433
    Btk1—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; thin clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 262434; continuous - phpvsfiid 262434
    BCk—94 to 145 centimeters (37.0 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary.
    Ck—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay; massive; hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red.