IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caradan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: MP_TX193_CdB
  • User Pedon ID: S84TX193001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S84TX193001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45527
  • 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: 31.5146503
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3071594
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Caradan silty clay, 1 to 3 percent slopes; from the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and U.S. Highway 281 in Evant, 8.4 miles west on U.S. Highway 84, 2.4 miles north on county road, 1.8 miles west on private road, and 2,000 feet north in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX193—Hamilton
  • MLRA: 85—Grand Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX193—Hamilton County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31098-E3—Pecan Wells, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: McCaleb, Lane, Allison
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caradan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Udertic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2008
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from calcareous shale
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/29/2008 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    calcic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—48

    10—66

    33—66

    48—203

    66—203

    —48—

    —56—

    —33—

    —155—

    —137—
    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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartz fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2075
    Bt—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent pressure faces; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartz fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2076
    Btss—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm; medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent pressure faces and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartz fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2077
    Btkss—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent pressure faces; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartz fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2078. continuous - phpvsfiid 458025; continuous - phpvsfiid 458025
    2Bk1—66 to 160 centimeters (26.0 to 63.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartz fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2079, TAMU2080
    2Bk2—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent fine masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartz fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TAMU2081