IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hodgins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S83TX371003
  • User Pedon ID: S83TX371003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S83TX371003
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 30.8969383
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3557816
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 4.8 km west of Bakersfield on I-10 to the University of Texas Experimental Vineyard. Site is in 10 acre vineyard between rows 26 and 27.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX371—Pecos
  • MLRA: 81A—Edwards Plateau, Western Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX371—Pecos County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30102-H3—Bakersfield, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.R., C.T., C.H.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Ustic Haplocambids
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: 1986 Characterization Data For Selected Texas Soils
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hodgins
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Ustic Haplocambids
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Quaternary Sediments formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—15

    15—200

    77—200

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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

    0.5

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1679
    Bw1—15 to 39 centimeters (5.9 to 15.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1680
    Bw2—39 to 77 centimeters (15.4 to 30.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1681
    Bk1—77 to 109 centimeters (30.3 to 42.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1682
    Bk2—109 to 143 centimeters (42.9 to 56.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1683
    Bk3—143 to 200 centimeters (56.3 to 78.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 2.0 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TAMU1684