IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Branyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX257001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981TX257001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S81TX257001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45686
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 32.7038345
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5007782
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: FROM INTERSECTION OF FARM ROAD 740 AND I-20, 0.75 MILE NORTHEAST OF FARM ROAD 740, 0.25 MILE NORTHWEST ON FARM ROAD 740, 0.25 MILES NORTHEAST ON UNPAVED ROAD, 300 FEET NORTHWEST IN FIELD (J.W. PINSON, JR. FARM).
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX257—Kaufman
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T.Hallmark, T.Moore, M.Roth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Branyon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Branyon
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Pleistocene Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    136

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very hard, firm; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1075
    A—25 to 55 centimeters (9.8 to 21.7 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1076
    Bss1—55 to 128 centimeters (21.7 to 50.4 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume chert fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1077
    Bss2—128 to 163 centimeters (50.4 to 64.2 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of reduced iron; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1); fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1078
    Bkss1—163 to 218 centimeters (64.2 to 85.8 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of reduced iron; 10 percent carbonate concretions and 10 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1079
    Bkss2—218 to 243 centimeters (85.8 to 95.7 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; clay; extremely hard, firm; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 20 percent pressure faces; 1 percent distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of reduced iron; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # TAMU1080