IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Austin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S78TX027006
  • User Pedon ID: S78TX027006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S78TX041006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45642
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 31.0450001
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3644409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 2 miles south of Temple in cropland, on south part of the Blackland Research Center.
  • Map Unit: AsB—Austin silty clay, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX027—Bell
  • MLRA: 80B—Texas North-Central Prairies
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX027—Bell County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.Wilding, E.Rivers, B.Ramsey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, carbonatic, thermic Udorthentic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Austin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Austin
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marl
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: shale, calcareous at 99cm
  • Geology: Lower Taylor Marl group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cemented horizon

    weakly coherent

    99 - 315

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    0—38

    38—99

    99—315

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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

    2

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    188

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm by carbonates; 1.0 fine roots; ; ; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU370
    A—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm by carbonates; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU374
    Bw1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots; ; fine faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, oxide masses and ; and 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU375
    Bw2—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2 percent fine faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU376
    Cd1—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist; fine roots; 15 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist,; ; 1 percent fine salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU380
    Cd2—124 to 180 centimeters (48.8 to 70.9 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/1), moist; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU381
    Cd3—180 to 244 centimeters (70.9 to 96.1 inches);, white (10YR 8/1), moist; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU382
    Cd4—244 to 315 centimeters (96.1 to 124.0 inches);, white (10YR 8/1), moist; ; ; 1 percent fine faint yellow (10YR 7/6), moist,; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # TAMU386
    Cd5—315 to 366 centimeters (124.0 to 144.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # TAMU387