IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roetex
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S89TX0519001
  • User Pedon ID: S89TX0519001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S89TX051001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45717
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 30.5492020
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5015335
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Burleson County, Texas; From the intersection of Farm Road 166 and Texas Highway 36 in Caldwell, 12.5 miles east on Farm Road 166, 1,500 feet north, in an area of rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX051—Burleson
  • MLRA: 87A—Texas Claypan Area, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX051—Burleson County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30096-E5—Tunis, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, active, thermic Aquic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Burleson County Archives
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Roetex
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Roetex
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Microfeature: swale
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Qal formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

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    0—38

    38—183

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    —38—

    —145—
    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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    66.4

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; clay; 1 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 71 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3870
    A2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dry; clay; 1 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 73 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3871
    Bss1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay; 1 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 65 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.7 fine roots throughout; 15 percent pressure faces and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3872
    Bss2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; clay; 1 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 65 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 35 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent fine prominent gray (5YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent fine faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3873
    Bss3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay; 1 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 71 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 70 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent fine prominent gray (5YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3874
    Bss4—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay; 1 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 72 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 70 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3875
    BCss1—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay; 1 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 66 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.3 fine roots throughout; 35 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3876
    BCss2—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay; 0 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 65 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.3 fine roots throughout; 35 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3877
    C—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); 0 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 58 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, very firm; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # TAMU3878