IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX217017
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX217017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1367
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43161
  • 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: 31.7887974
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8886032
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX217—Hill
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX217—Hill County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31096-G8—Penelope, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Reid, J. Bushong, C. Robinson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Oxyaquic Vertic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Oxyaquic Vertic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Kwc formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    gypsum accumulations

    salt accumulations

    0—25

    25—173

    25—173

    103—203

    103—203

    103—203

    —25—

    —148—

    —148—

    —100—

    —100—

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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

    1

    —

    —

    183.9

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06541; dry when described; observed in trench
    Btss—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06542; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btssg1—50 to 79 centimeters (19.7 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine wedge structure; very hard, extremely firm; 0.1 very fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06543; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btssg2—79 to 103 centimeters (31.1 to 40.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine wedge structure; very hard, extremely firm; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 3 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06544; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btkssyzg—103 to 173 centimeters (40.6 to 68.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), gray (10YR 5/1), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm; 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent fine threadlike gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 3 percent fine threadlike salt crystals throughout and 1 percent medium noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 2 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06545; moist when described; observed in trench
    BCkyzg—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), gray (10YR 5/1), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to structureless massive; hard, very firm; 10 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout and 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent fine threadlike gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 1 percent fine threadlike salt crystals throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N06546; moist when described; observed in trench