IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kurten
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S88TX041005
  • User Pedon ID: S88TX041005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S88TX041005
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025
  • 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: 30.9353472
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2960222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Kurten fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes; from the intersection of Old San Antonio Road (OSR) and Texas Highway 6 about 5 miles north of Bryan, 15.1 miles east on OSR, 1.1 miles southeast on private road (Pecan Valley Ranch), 0.1 mile east, in a pasture.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX041—Brazos
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udertic Paleustalfs
  • 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 - Kurten
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Udertic Paleustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/2018
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/5/2018 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • 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

    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU3694
    Bt—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU3695
    Btss1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU3696
    Btss2—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU3697
    BC—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU3698
    C1—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU3699
    C2—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU3700