IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Strawhouse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S90-TX622-Strawhouse
  • User Pedon ID: S1990-TX043-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S90TX043004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45721
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 29.4046631
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6190643
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of Texas Highway 118 and FM 170 in Study Butte, 3.9 miles west on FM 170 to intersection with South County Road, 5.7 miles north on South County Road to intersection with Salt Grass Road, 1.8 miles northwest on Salt Grass road, then 25 feet west of road in range.
  • Map Unit: STC—Strawhouse-Stillwell complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX043—Brewster
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX622—Brewster County, Texas (Main Part)
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29103-D5—Hen Egg Mountain, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex Cochran
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, hyperthermic, shallow Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Strawhouse
  • PSC - 0 to 18 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Strawhouse
  • Classificaton Date - 2/12/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slightly weathered, gravelly alluvium derived from limestone
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/12/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    petrocalcic

    strongly coherent

    18 - 71

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    petrocalcic horizon

    0—8

    18—71

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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
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very high excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4114
    Bk—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very high excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 20 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4115. continuous - phpvsfiid 448319; continuous - phpvsfiid 448319
    Bkkm1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; cemented material; structureless massive; very strongly coherent; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots top of horizon; 50 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4116
    Bkkm2—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; cemented material; structureless massive; strongly coherent; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots top of horizon; 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4117
    BCk—71 to 203 centimeters (28.0 to 79.9 inches); 65 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 65 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; structureless massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very high excavation difficulty; 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # TAMU4118