IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cesario
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995-TX043-028
  • User Pedon ID: S1995-TX043-028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0420
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10690
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 29.8099995
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6125031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Brewster County, Texas, from the junction of US Highway 90 and Texas Highway 118 in Alpine, 41.1 miles south on Texas Highway 118, 0.25 miles west on ranch road, 100 feet south of road in range.
  • Map Unit: CEB—Cesario and Fizzleflat loams, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX043—Brewster
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-MAF—Marfa, Texas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX622—Brewster County, Texas (Main Part)
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29103-G5—Buck Hill, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lynn Loomis, Jerry Rives, and Alan Terrell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cesario
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2015
  • Classifier - Lynn Loomis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cesario
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Ustic Haplocalcid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1995
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: limestone and shale at 117cm
  • Geology: Pen Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Crky1

    Crky2

    117

    142

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Crky1

    Crky2

    117

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Crky1

    Crky2

    117

    142

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    117 - 203

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    paralithic materials

    paralithic contact

    0—8

    8—41

    41—117

    117—203

    117—117

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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

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak fine and medium platy parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; 44 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02440; observed in trench. 1 percent subrounded limestone pebbles 2 to 20 mm in diameter; (3 to 10 inches thick)
    Bw—8 to 41 centimeters (3.1 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; 44 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02441; observed in trench. sticky and plastic; 3 percent subrounded limestone pebbles 2 to 20 mm in diameter; (0 to 17 inches thick)
    Bk1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; 56 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02442; observed in trench. few distinct discontinuous white (10YR 8/1) calcium carbonate coatings on surfaces of peds; common medium irregular white (10YR 8/1) masses of calcium carbonate, few fine white (10YR 8/1) calcium carbonate threads between peds; 5 percent subrounded limestone pebbles; (5 to 30 inches)
    Bk2—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; 49 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02443; observed in trench. sticky and plastic; few distinct discontinuous white (10YR 8/1) calcium carbonate coatings on surfaces of peds; common medium irregular white (10YR 8/1) masses of calcium carbonate, few fine white (10YR 8/1) threads of calcium carbonate between peds; 5 percent subrounded limestone pebbles; (0 to 14 inches thick)
    B/Ck—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; 68 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02444; observed in trench. 70 percent Bk soil material and 30 percent weathered shale masses; sticky and plastic; very few distinct discontinuous white (10YR 8/1) calcium carbonate coatings on surfaces of peds; common medium irregular white (10YR 8/1) masses of calcium carbonate and few fine white (10YR 8/1) threads of calcium carbonate between peds; 10 percent subrounded limestone pebbles; slightly saline; (0 to 21 inches thick)
    Crky1—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) bedrock; massive; moderately coherent; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02445; observed in trench. weathered shale bedrock; common distinct discontinuous white (10YR 8/1) calcium carbonate coatings on rock fragments; common fine irregular masses of gypsum in cracks.
    Crky2—142 to 203 centimeters (55.9 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) bedrock; massive; moderately coherent; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 98P02446; observed in trench. weathered shale bedrock; very few discontinuous white (10YR 8/1) calcium carbonate coatings in cracks.