IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vernon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979TX429002
  • User Pedon ID: 79TX429002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0192
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46925
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 32.9547234
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9994431
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 25.3 km N on US 183 from junction with US 180 in Breckenridge .2 km E on county rd 1.4 km N on ranch road.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX429—Stephens

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Blakley and G. Lane
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Typic Ustochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vernon
  • PSC - 25 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—12

    12—45

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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

    5

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    365

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    1A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00963. Common pebbles and cobbles on surface.; common fine roots
    1B21—12 to 23 centimeters (4.7 to 9.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior clay; 30 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) medium and 30 percent olive (5Y 5/4) medium mottles; moderate coarse blocky, and moderate very fine blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00964. common fine roots; many medium 5GY61 mottles; many medium 5Y54 mottles
    1B22—23 to 45 centimeters (9.1 to 17.7 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior clay; moderate medium and coarse blocky, and moderate very fine blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 79P00965. few fine roots
    1C&B—45 to 78 centimeters (17.7 to 30.7 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior clay; 11 percent pale green (5G 6/2) coarse mottles; massive; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00966. few fine roots; common coarse 5G62 mottles
    1C1—78 to 97 centimeters (30.7 to 38.2 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior shaly clay; 30 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine prominent mottles; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00967. About 15% soil material around the fragments shale fragments are easily crushed. Pale green (5G 6/2) moderately alkaline materials.; few fine roots; many fine prominent 5Y54 mottles
    1Cr1—97 to 118 centimeters (38.2 to 46.5 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior shaly clay; massive; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00968. Rock structure with many bodies and streaks of pale green (5G 6/2) materials.
    1Cr2—118 to 138 centimeters (46.5 to 54.3 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) interior shaly clay; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P00969. Not sampled. Coarsely gractured. Soil is similar to Vernon and is also similar to Owens. Some question if soil has paralithic contact.