IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Branyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX257002
  • User Pedon ID: S1981TX257002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S81TX257002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45687
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.7182503
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4876404
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: J.W. PINSON, JR. FARM. FROM INTERSECTION OF FARM ROAD 740 AND I-20, 0.75 MILE NORTHEAST ON FARM ROAD 740, 0.25 MILES NORTHWEST ON FARM ROAD 740, 0.75 MILE NORTHEAST ON UNPAVED ROAD, 200 FEET NORTHWEST IN FIELD.
  • 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
  • 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 Sediments 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay; moderate medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1081
    A—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1082
    Bss—51 to 132 centimeters (20.1 to 52.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 10 percent distinct pressure faces; 1 percent by volume indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1083
    Bkss1—132 to 170 centimeters (52.0 to 66.9 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 10 percent prominent pressure faces and 25 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent carbonate masses infused into matrix adjacent to pores and 10 percent carbonate masses and 5 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1084
    Bkss2—170 to 211 centimeters (66.9 to 83.1 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent carbonate concretions and 10 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1085
    Bkss3—211 to 241 centimeters (83.1 to 94.9 inches);, light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 5 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 15 percent pressure faces; 2 percent fine faint masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1086
    Ck—241 to 262 centimeters (94.9 to 103.1 inches);, light gray (5Y 7/2), moist; clay; 10 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses on faces of peds; 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1087
    C—262 to 287 centimeters (103.1 to 113.0 inches);, light gray (5Y 7/2), moist; clay; 20 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) distinct mottles; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; 10 percent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # TAMU1088