IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Upton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985TX443001
  • User Pedon ID: 85TX443001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58113
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 30.1641674
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4672241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Terrell County, TX.; approx. 5.0 mi W of Sanderson, TX on US Highway 90; 1.25 mi SW of watershed site No. 6.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX443—Terrell
  • MLRA: 81A—Edwards Plateau, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30102-B4—Sanderson, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Upton
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, carbonatic, shallow Typic Paleorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gravelly residuum weathered from limestone
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    A3

    Bkkm1

    Bkkm2

    0

    3

    9

    23

    28

    3

    9

    23

    28

    33

    86P01831

    86P01832

    86P01833

    86P01834

    86P01835

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    21.6

    13.3

    26.3

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    4.6

    2.3

    7.1

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    49.5

    52.2

    47

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    25.3

    22.6

    25.4

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    24.2

    29.6

    21.6

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    28.9

    34.5

    26.7

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    10.4

    8.3

    9.6

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    4.1

    6

    3.9

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    2.8

    4.3

    2.3

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    3.5

    4.5

    2.5

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    8.1

    11.4

    8.4

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    8.3

    8.2

    8.1

    8.4

    8.4
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

    A2

    A3

    Bkkm1

    Bkkm2

    0

    3

    9

    23

    28

    3

    9

    23

    28

    33

    86P01831

    86P01832

    86P01833

    86P01834

    86P01835

    7.7

    7.7

    7.7

    7.9

    7.9

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    40

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    15

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    15.9

    12.7

    15.9

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

    A2

    A3

    Bkkm1

    Bkkm2

    0

    3

    9

    23

    28

    3

    9

    23

    28

    33

    86P01831

    86P01832

    86P01833

    86P01834

    86P01835

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    0.53

    1.06

    0.74

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    43

    39

    49

    89

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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

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; weak platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01831. About 3 percent by volume of mixed limestone, caliche, and siliceous pebbles less than 1.25 cm.; few worm casts concentrations; common fine roots
    A2—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01832. About 5 percent by volume of mixed limestone, caliche, and siliceous pebbles less than 1.25 cm in diameter; gravel fragments vary within this horizon locally from 1 to 10 percent.; few worm casts concentrations; common fine roots
    A3—9 to 23 centimeters (3.5 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; cobbly loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01833. About 20 percent by volume of caliche and caliche coated limestone fragments more than 7.5 cm in diameter; fragments can be fractured by hand; about 55 percent of the secondary carbonates in the form of coating on the coarse fragments.; common fine roots
    Bkkm1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior cemented material; massive; 5.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01834. Indurated caliche laminar in upper 1 cm and strongly cemented below; roots adhering to upper laminar surface; about 5 percent by volume embedded limestone fragments; about 1 percent embedded soil bodies finely fractured at 15 to 30 cm interv; many roots
    Bkkm2—28 to 33 centimeters (11.0 to 13.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior cemented material; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 86P01835. Strongly cemented caliche; about 5 percent embedded soil bodies.; few fine roots