IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FRANKIRK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001TX155003
  • User Pedon ID: S2001TX155003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0592
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14757
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 34.0911102
  • Std. Longitude: -99.7894440
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: FROM THE COURTHOUSE IN CROWELL, 2.5 MILES WEST ON US-HIGHWAY 70, 2.6 MILES NORTH ON FARM ROAD 1039, 2.0 MILES NORTH ON COUNTY ROAD, 1.0 WEST ON COUNTY ROAD, 1.11 MILES NORTH ON COUNTY ROAD TO ENTRANCE GATE TO US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TRACT, 0.6 MILE NORTH ON ENTRANCE ROAD, AND 500 FEET WEST OF ROAD IN RANGELAND.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX155—Foard
  • MLRA: 78—Central Rolling Red Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX155—Foard County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DDR,CRC,RFG,CDS,RJM,JAG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FRANKIRK
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 12 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8346-47
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 7.0 very fine roots and 7.0 fine roots; 8.0 medium and 8.0 fine pores; 1 percent by volume rounded ? to 50-? millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02952; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—12 to 54 centimeters (4.7 to 21.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 7.0 very fine and 7.0 fine pores; prominent clay films; 1 percent by volume rounded ? to 50-? millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02953; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—54 to 90 centimeters (21.3 to 35.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine and 4.0 fine pores; prominent clay films; 1 percent by volume rounded ? to 50-? millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02954; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—90 to 115 centimeters (35.4 to 45.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; distinct clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent iron-manganese masses; 2 percent carbonate concretions; 3 percent by volume rounded ? to 50-? millimeter quartzite fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02955; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—115 to 139 centimeters (45.3 to 54.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; 0.6 very fine roots and 0.6 fine roots; 4.0 very fine and 4.0 fine pores; faint clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent iron-manganese masses; 3 percent by volume rounded ? to 50-? millimeter quartzite fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02956; observed in pit, small
    2C—139 to 230 centimeters (54.7 to 90.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; sandy loam; massive; 0.1 fine roots; 5 percent iron-manganese masses; 7 percent by volume ? to 200-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02957; observed in pit, small
    2Cd—230 to 240 centimeters (90.6 to 94.5 inches);, dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; bedrock; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 02N02958; observed in pit, small