IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cranell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX273017
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX273017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8294
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58882
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 27.5466366
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8788528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Site is found on the plant material center property located in Kingsville, TX.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX273—Kleberg
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX613—Kenedy and Kleberg Counties, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27097-E8—Kingsville West, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clark Harshbarger and Shanna Dunn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Pachic Vertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cranell
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cranell
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Beaumont Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R150AY526TX Southern Blackland

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 28
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    0—60

    18—82

    18—82

    82—203

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    Pedon Soil Stability
    Depth Sample Collector Data Collector Test Date First Rep Second Rep Third Rep Predominant Class
    cm

    5

    10

    18

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    4/23/2012

    4/23/2012

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    class 2

    class 2

    class 3

    class 3

    class 3

    class 2

    class 3

    class 3

    class 2

    class 2

    class 2

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    Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
    Horizon Depth to Top Depth to Bottom Method Data Collector Field Moist Volume Field Moist Sample Wt. Air Dry Sample Wt. Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt. Air Dry Fragment Wt. Fragment Density Coarse Fragment Volume Air Dry Subsample Wt. Oven Dry Subsample Wt. Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth Bulk Density FM Fine Soil Bulk Density FM Whole Soill Bulk Density OD fINE Earth Bulk Density OD Fine Earth Bulk Density Satiated
    cm cm3 g g/cm3 cm3 g % g/cm3

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Ap3

    Btss1

    Btss2

    0

    5

    10

    18

    36

    5

    10

    18

    36

    60

    scoop

    scoop

    scoop

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    Clark K. Harshbarger

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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

    0.1

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap3—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btss1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on bottom faces of peds and 40 percent prominent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btss2—36 to 60 centimeters (14.2 to 23.6 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; 50 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on bottom faces of peds and 65 percent prominent pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btss3—60 to 82 centimeters (23.6 to 32.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; 41 percent clay; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; low excavation difficulty; 3 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on bottom faces of peds and 60 percent prominent pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in push tube
    BCk—82 to 106 centimeters (32.3 to 41.7 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent fine iron depletions; 3 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses in matrix and 1 percent medium carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in push tube
    Ck—106 to 203 centimeters (41.7 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay; 38 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 3 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; dry when described; observed in push tube