IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rumple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011TX411001
  • User Pedon ID: S2011TX411001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2011TX411001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8435
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55280
  • 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: 31.0368271
  • Std. Longitude: -99.0041580
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX411—San Saba
  • MLRA: 81B—Edwards Plateau, Central Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX411—San Saba County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31099-A1—Pecan Springs, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jessica Jobe, Travis Waiser, Richard Gelnar, Alan Deubler, Ashley Newsome, Juan Saenz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rumple
  • PSC - 9 to 59 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rumple
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2011
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: dissected plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent limestone, unspecified at 92cm
  • Geology: Ot formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACGR

    ALGR2

    BOCU

    DITE3

    MATR3

    NALE3

    OPLE

    OPUNT

    PRGL2

    QUVI

    Acacia greggii

    Aloysia gratissima

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Diospyros texana

    Mahonia trifoliolata

    Nassella leucotricha

    Opuntia leptocaulis

    Opuntia

    Prosopis glandulosa

    Quercus virginiana

    catclaw acacia

    whitebrush

    sideoats grama

    Texas persimmon

    algerita

    Texas wintergrass

    Christmas cactus

    pricklypear

    honey mesquite

    live oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

    moderately coherent

    indurated

    92 - 110

    110 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    0—49

    9—92

    92—110

    110—

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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

    6

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    482

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    160

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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3), moist; loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 1.0 medium high-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-25-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N08614
    Bt1—9 to 23 centimeters (3.5 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 33 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-25-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N08615
    Bt2—23 to 49 centimeters (9.1 to 19.3 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 46 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; moderately hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 33 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-25-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N08616
    Bt3—49 to 79 centimeters (19.3 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/4), moist; extremely gravelly clay; 52 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-25-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N08617
    Bt4—79 to 92 centimeters (31.1 to 36.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 11N08618
    Cr—92 to 110 centimeters (36.2 to 43.3 inches); bedrock; fragments; noneffervescent; very abrupt irregular boundary.
    R—110 centimeters (43.3 inches); bedrock; fragments; slight effervescence.