IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brackett Cl.

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S99TX099003

User Pedon ID: S99TX099003

Vegetation Plot ID: S99TX099003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - TAMU

Lab Pedon # - S99TX099003

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87519

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: 31.3534775

Std. Longitude: -97.7651825

Datum: WGS84

PEDON

Describers Name: J.Greenwade,S.Paulson, S.Brown, Tom Cyprian

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Typic Haplustepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 3

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Brackett

Classificaton Date - 9/15/2011

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Brackett Cl.

Classificaton Date - 10/25/1999

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Complexity: complex

Runoff: medium

Geology: Walnut Formation formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/25/1999 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
SILA3 SPCOC2 UNKNOWN	Silphium laciniatum Sporobolus compositus var. compositus unknown scientific name	compassplant composite dropseed unknown national vernacular name	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	noncoherent	157 - 203	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon calcic horizon densic materials	0—28 28—157 157—203	—- —- —-

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
7	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; ; 5 percent moderately coherent cemented carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6459; observed in trench

Bk1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent noncoherent cemented , dry, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6460; observed in trench

Bk2—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 10 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity pores; ; 30 percent fine noncoherent cemented , moist, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6461; observed in trench

Bk3—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches);, 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium low-continuity irregular pores; 40 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6462; observed in trench

Bk4—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches);, 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6463; observed in trench

Cdk—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior and 40 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior silty clay loam; hard, firm; low excavation difficulty; ; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # TAMU6464; observed in trench