IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boonville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002TX041002
  • User Pedon ID: S2002TX041002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S78TX041002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45647
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 30.6109715
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4981689
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: West campus, Texas A&M University, 250 feet northwest of the Kleberg Animal and Food Science Building.
  • Map Unit: BoB—Boonville fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX041—Brazos
  • MLRA: 87A—Texas Claypan Area, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX041—Brazos County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.Wilding,B.L.Harris,T.Sobecki,K.Kacy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: 2002 Brazos County Soil Survey
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boonville
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tabor taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Yegua formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    abrupt textural change

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—53

    53—53

    53—152

    99—152

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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 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; extremely hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU509; observed in trench
    E—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU510; observed in trench
    Bt—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU511; observed in trench
    Btg—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; and 10 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU512; observed in trench
    Btk1—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU513; observed in trench
    Btk2—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; and 40 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent carbonate nodules and 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU514; observed in trench
    Btk3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 10 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU515; observed in trench
    2C1—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; hard, very firm; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU516; observed in trench
    2C2—183 to 208 centimeters (72.0 to 81.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; hard, very firm; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU517; observed in trench