IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Upton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985TX443001A
  • User Pedon ID: 85TX443001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0643
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56909
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 30.3666668
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0833359
  • 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-C1—Continental Ranch, 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
    • Setting and Climate
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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 # 85P03321. 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; 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 # 85P03322. 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 # 85P03323. 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
    Bkm1—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 # 85P03324. 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
    Bkm2—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 # 85P03325. Strongly cemented caliche; about 5 percent embedded soil bodies.; few fine roots