IDENTIFIERS

  • User Site ID: S14TX1450001
  • User Pedon ID: S2014TX1450001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0343
  • Print Date: 12/7/2025
  • 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: 31.4791410
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8816560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Scan Site weather station site on Native Prairie at the ARS research farm near Riesel, TX.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX145—Falls
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31096-D8—Riesel, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Reid
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: dissected plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Richard Reid
  • 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
  • Kind of Land: native pasture
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    calcic horizon

    0—165

    36—165

    77—165

    —-

    —-

    —-

    Pedon Soil Moisture and Temperature Data
    Stat ID Obs. Date Daily Precip Min Air Temp Ave Air Temp Max Air Temp Temp Sensor Ht Notes Moist Sensor ID Moist Sensor Dep Sensor Kind Min Soil Moist Ave Soil Moist Max Soil Moist Moist Notes Temp Sensor ID Temp Sensor Dep Temp Sensor Kind Min Soil Temp Ave Soil Temp Max Soil Temp Temp Notes
    cm C cm cm % cm C

    2199

    9/19/2014

    This soil description is for the Scan Site weather station located at the ARS research farm near Riesel, TX. The weather station ID is 2199

    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

    554

    315

    2199

    Scan Site

    A—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; 48 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; ; 2 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N01879; observed in pit, small
    Bw—17 to 36 centimeters (6.7 to 14.2 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; 52 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine pores; 2 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01880; observed in pit, small
    Bss—36 to 77 centimeters (14.2 to 30.3 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; 52 percent clay; moderate medium wedge structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine carbonate concretions and 2 percent medium carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01881; observed in pit, small
    Bkss1—77 to 108 centimeters (30.3 to 42.5 inches);, 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) broken face and 30 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; 55 percent clay; strong coarse wedge, and strong medium wedge structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.2 coarse roots; slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01882; observed in pit, small
    Bkss2—108 to 128 centimeters (42.5 to 50.4 inches);, 65 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face and 20 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; 55 percent clay; moderate medium wedge structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine carbonate concretions and 2 percent fine carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bkss3—128 to 159 centimeters (50.4 to 62.6 inches);, 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; 50 percent clay; moderate medium wedge, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bkss4—159 to 165 centimeters (62.6 to 65.0 inches);, 60 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; 45 percent clay; weak medium wedge, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 0.2 very fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine carbonate masses and 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; 2 percent by volume flat shell fragments fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small