IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985TX271001
  • User Pedon ID: S85TX271001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0206
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58011
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 29.1466675
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4338913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kinney County, TX. From the intersection of FM 131 and FM 1572 in Spofford, 2 mi S on FM 131 to the junction of FM 1908.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX271—Kinney

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.L. Girdner, W.J. Gabriel and D. Arriaga
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Sodic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montell (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/2013
  • Classifier - Gary Harris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bnss

    Bnssz1

    Bnssz2

    Byz

    0

    18

    58

    81

    132

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    203

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    Byz

    0

    18

    58

    81

    132

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    Byz

    0

    18

    58

    81

    132

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    203

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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

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, moist; clay; moderate very fine granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01227. Upper 1 cm has a weak thin platy crust; few fine snail shell fragments; few fine krotovinas.; many very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    Bnss—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01228. Few fine snail shell fragments; few waterworn limestone pebbles; few fine krotovinas; few wedge shaped peds with long axes tilted 10 to 30 degrees from horizontal.; few intersecting slickensides surface features; many very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    Bnssz1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01229. Few fine snail shell fragments; few waterworn limestone pebbles; few fine krotovinas; few wedge shaped peds with long axes tilted 10 to 30 degrees from horizontal.; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472228; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472228
    Bnssz2—81 to 132 centimeters (31.9 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01230. Few fine and medium krotovinas of darker colored material; few vertical planar streaks of darker colored material; about 2% by volume of films, soft masses, and clusters of gypsum crystals; slickensides tilted 10 to 30 degrees from horizonta; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine roots; few coarse roots; common fine distinct 10YR44 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472229; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472229
    Byz—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; clay; 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint coats on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P01231. Few fine and medium krotovinas of darker colored material; about 2% by volume of films and soft masses of calcium carbonate; about 30% by volume of films, soft masses and clusters of gypsum crystals and other salts.; few coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few medium roots; common fine distinct 7.5YR66 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 472230; patchy - phpvsfiid 472230