IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Silawa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX027005
  • User Pedon ID: 81TX027005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0601
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49445
  • 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: 31.0355549
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4166641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bell County, TX: 3.2 mi SE on farm Rd 1741 from intersection with I35 in Belton, .65 mi SE .4 mi SE on paved County Rd.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX027—Bell
  • MLRA: 85—Grand Prairie

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Udic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Silawa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Silawa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ultic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03563. common fine and medium roots
    1B21t—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches);, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03564. common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 215040; continuous - phpvsfiid 215040
    1B22t—38 to 89 centimeters (15.0 to 35.0 inches);, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03565. Clay films are slightly darker in color than ped interiors.; few organic coats surface features; common fine roots; few medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 215041; continuous - phpvsfiid 215041
    1B23t—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches);, red (2.5YR 4/8) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03566. few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 215043; patchy - phpvsfiid 215044; continuous - phpvsfiid 215043; patchy - phpvsfiid 215044
    1B24t—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03567. Few streaks and pockets of loamy sand.; few fine and medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 215045; patchy - phpvsfiid 215045
    1B25t—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03568. Few streaks and pockets of loamy sand.; patchy - phpvsfiid 215046; patchy - phpvsfiid 215046
    1B3—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, moist; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03569. Many streaks and pockets of uncoated sand.
    1C—213 to 244 centimeters (83.9 to 96.1 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sand; massive, and structureless single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P03570. Few seams and pockets of loamy material.