IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Branyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S81TX145002
  • User Pedon ID: S81TX145002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S81TX145002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S81TX145002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45672
  • 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: 31.1350842
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0351410
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Werner Fuchs Farm. From Travis, 2.7 miles west on Farm Road 431, and 2400 feet south in field.
  • Map Unit: 13—Branyon clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX145—Falls
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX145—Falls County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.T. Hallmark, T. Moore, B. Ramsey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Branyon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Branyon
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Alluvium member.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GOSSY

    Gossypium

    cotton

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

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    slickensides

    calcic horizon

    0—61

    61—325

    61—234

    234—325

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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

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    134

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    150

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1104
    A—15 to 61 centimeters (5.9 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1105
    Bss1—61 to 114 centimeters (24.0 to 44.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1106
    Bss2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1107
    Bss3—152 to 201 centimeters (59.8 to 79.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1108
    Bkss—201 to 234 centimeters (79.1 to 92.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1109
    Ck1—234 to 262 centimeters (92.1 to 103.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries and 20 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine salt crystals and 1 percent fine threadlike salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1110
    Ck2—262 to 325 centimeters (103.1 to 128.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm; 20 percent medium distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # TAMU1111