IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WESTILL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001TX155004
  • User Pedon ID: S2001TX155004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0593
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14758
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 34.0916672
  • Std. Longitude: -99.8274994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: FROM THE COURTHOUSE IN CROWELL, 7.2 MILES WEST ON US-HIGHWAY 70, 4.5 MILES NORTH ON COUNTY ROAD TO GATE, 1.3 MILES NORTH, 1.8 MILES NORTHEAST, AND 20 FEET NORTHWEST 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, active, thermic Vertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WESTILL
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, thermic Vertic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 18 to 58 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    slickensides

    40—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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine and 0.8 medium and 4.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02959; observed in pit, small
    Bt—18 to 40 centimeters (7.1 to 15.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine and 0.4 medium and 4.0 fine pores; distinct clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02960; observed in pit, small
    Btss—40 to 63 centimeters (15.7 to 24.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay, clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 0.8 very fine and 0.8 fine pores; distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and distinct clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02961; observed in pit, small
    Btkss—63 to 117 centimeters (24.8 to 46.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay, clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 0.6 very fine and 0.6 fine pores; distinct clay films and prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate masses and 5 percent medium carbonate concretions and 1 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02962, 02N02963; observed in pit, small
    Bk—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay, clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 0.4 very fine pores; 3 percent fine carbonate masses and 10 percent medium carbonate concretions and 2 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02964; observed in pit, small
    BCk—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; silty clay, clay; weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 15 percent coarse carbonate masses and 5 percent medium carbonate concretions and 5 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 02N02965; observed in pit, small