IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rotan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009TX441104
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX441104
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09TX441-104
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S09TX441104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45611
  • 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: 32.4165878
  • Std. Longitude: -99.6317291
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX441—Taylor
  • MLRA: 78A—Rolling Limestone Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX441—Taylor County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32099-D6—Abilene East, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: 78 Staff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rotan
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rotan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landform: ridge
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Qu formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/13/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    BC

    C

    0

    13

    30

    73

    93

    110

    128

    152

    187

    244

    279

    13

    30

    73

    93

    110

    128

    152

    187

    244

    279

    330

    7.7

    7.9

    8

    8.1

    8.3

    8.2

    8.3

    8.4

    8.4

    8.6

    8.6

    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

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    BC

    C

    0

    13

    30

    73

    93

    110

    128

    152

    187

    244

    279

    13

    30

    73

    93

    110

    128

    152

    187

    244

    279

    330

    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 %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    BC

    C

    0

    13

    30

    73

    93

    110

    128

    152

    187

    244

    279

    13

    30

    73

    93

    110

    128

    152

    187

    244

    279

    330

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANDRO2

    PACO2

    PRGL2

    TRAL2

    Andropogon

    Panicum coloratum

    Prosopis glandulosa

    Tridens albescens

    bluestem

    kleingrass

    honey mesquite

    white tridens

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—30

    30—93

    93—244

    110—187

    —30—

    —63—

    —151—

    —77—

    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

    1

    552

    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 48 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 3 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7492; observed in push tube
    Ap2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay; 41 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 2 percent by volume quartzite fragments and 2 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7493; observed in push tube
    Bt1—30 to 73 centimeters (11.8 to 28.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7494; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444722; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444722
    Bt2—73 to 93 centimeters (28.7 to 36.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume quartzite fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7495; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444721; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444721
    Bk1—93 to 110 centimeters (36.6 to 43.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7496; observed in push tube
    Bk2—110 to 128 centimeters (43.3 to 50.4 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8), moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; 4 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7497; observed in push tube
    Btk1—128 to 152 centimeters (50.4 to 59.8 inches); 70 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), 70 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 13 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 16 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7498; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444720; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444720
    Btk2—152 to 187 centimeters (59.8 to 73.6 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 16 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7499; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444719; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444719
    Btk3—187 to 244 centimeters (73.6 to 96.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; 48 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 7 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 3 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7500; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444718; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 444718
    BC—244 to 279 centimeters (96.1 to 109.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; 50 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 3 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume quartzite fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7502; observed in push tube
    C—279 to 330 centimeters (109.8 to 129.9 inches); 50 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) and 45 percent reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) and 5 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1), 50 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 45 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and 5 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1), moist; silty clay loam; 50 percent clay; structureless massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # TAMU7503; observed in push tube