IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Runge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007TX123001
  • User Pedon ID: S2007TX123001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0390
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19066
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 28.9460564
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6647186
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: DeWitt County, Texas; from the intersection of Texas Highway 72 and Texas Higway 239 in Nordheim; .8 mile west on Texas Highway 72 to county road; 3.3 miles northwest on county road; 200 feet west in crop land.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX123—DeWitt
  • MLRA: 83A—Northern Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX123—DeWitt County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28097-H6—Runge, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JKW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Runge (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/3/2016
  • Classifier - Gary Harris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Runge
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous loamy residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: inland dissected coastal plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Fleming formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/8/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 58
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—30

    30—152

    111—203

    152—203

    —30—

    —122—

    —92—

    —51—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    115.8

    —

    180

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02001; observed in pit, small
    A—22 to 30 centimeters (8.7 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 20 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) organic stains; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02002; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 57 centimeters (11.8 to 22.4 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 30 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02003; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—57 to 111 centimeters (22.4 to 43.7 inches); light red (2.5YR 6/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 30 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N02004; observed in pit, small
    Btk—111 to 152 centimeters (43.7 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 8 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 2 percent fine carbonate masses and 2 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02005; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—152 to 184 centimeters (59.8 to 72.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02006; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—184 to 203 centimeters (72.4 to 79.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules and 7 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 07N02007; observed in pit, small