IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tencee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991TX043215
  • User Pedon ID: S1991TX043215
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991TX043215
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0499
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63541
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 29.3338890
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6113892
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the old Terlingua Store west of Study Butte on Texas highway 170; 1.6 miles north on south county road; 0.55 miles west on sawmill mountain road; 0.05 miles north on dirt road; 30 feet east of road in range
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX043—Brewster
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex, Stan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthids
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 215
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tencee
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landscape: coalescent fan piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1991 (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

    AGLE

    FOSP2

    LATR2

    Agave lechuguilla

    Fouquieria splendens

    Larrea tridentata

    lechuguilla

    ocotillo

    creosote bush

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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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    609.6

    853.4

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    90

    279

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    Bkm1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, indurated; 40 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02856
    Bkm2—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, indurated; 40 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02857. Mat of roots along the contact between Bkm1 and Bkm2. Most areas are a contact that is not cemented but some areas have up to 1/4 inch of softer material.
    Bk1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 70 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02858
    Bk2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 30 percent faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; 60 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02859. patchy - phpvsfiid 469796; patchy - phpvsfiid 469796
    Bk3—79 to 130 centimeters (31.1 to 51.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02860
    B—130 to 178 centimeters (51.2 to 70.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; weak granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 91P02861