IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heiden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S81TX217003
  • User Pedon ID: S81TX217003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S81TX217003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45679
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 31.9459438
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9623642
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILLSBORO ON GASKMAP FARM. FROM BYNUM, 3.2 MILES SOUTHEAST ON TEXAS 71, 100 FEET NORTHEAST IN FIELD (SHEET NO 52, HILL COUNTY SOIL SURVEY REPORT)
  • Map Unit: 48—Houston Black clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX217—Hill
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX217—Hill County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T.Hallmark, L.Brockman, T.Moore, D.Zuberer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Heiden
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heiden
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: marl
  • Geology: Lower Taylor Marl formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-52
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong fine granular structure; hard, firm; ; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1044
    A—15 to 50 centimeters (5.9 to 19.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1045
    Bss1—50 to 125 centimeters (19.7 to 49.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1046
    Bss2—125 to 213 centimeters (49.2 to 83.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent by volume shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1047
    BCk—213 to 275 centimeters (83.9 to 108.3 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 20 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) masses of reduced iron; 1 percent carbonate masses and 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1048
    Ck—275 to 350 centimeters (108.3 to 137.8 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist; clay; hard, firm; 20 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) masses of reduced iron; 10 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0.