IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Branyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: saline
  • User Site ID: S84TX331001
  • User Pedon ID: S84TX331001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S84TX331001
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 30.9395694
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0403306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of FR 485 and FR 1915 in Yarrelton, 2.5 miles S and W to saline seepage area E of road, 70 feet E in saline seep.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX331—Milam

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hallmark, West, Ramsey, Williams, Agronomy 620 Class
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Branyon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Hallmark, West, Ramsey, Williams, Agronomy 620 Class
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    42.7

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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2207
    A2—9 to 23 centimeters (3.5 to 9.1 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2208
    ABz—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); silty clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2209
    Bkz1—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); silty clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2210
    Bkz2—63 to 87 centimeters (24.8 to 34.3 inches); silty clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2211
    Bkz3—87 to 109 centimeters (34.3 to 42.9 inches); silty clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2212
    BCz—109 to 139 centimeters (42.9 to 54.7 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2213
    CBz1—139 to 158 centimeters (54.7 to 62.2 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2214
    CBz2—158 to 177 centimeters (62.2 to 69.7 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2215
    CBz3—177 to 200 centimeters (69.7 to 78.7 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2216