IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kavett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011TX307004
  • User Pedon ID: S11TX307004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2011TX307004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8429
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55274
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 31.1492500
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2315292
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX307—McCulloch
  • MLRA: 81B—Edwards Plateau, Central Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX307—McCulloch County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31099-B2—Rochelle, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jessica Jobe, Travis Waiser, Richard Gelnar, Alan Deubler, Ashley Newsome, Juan Saenz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, thermic, shallow Petrocalcic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eckrant-petrocalcic
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified at 40cm
  • Geology: Og formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    0

    18

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    NSSL

    38

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    34.7

    17.6

    17.1

    27.3

    sieves

    0.8

    1.6

    6.1

    10.7

    8.1

    300 mesh sieve

    cl

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    6.7
    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

    A

    0

    18

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    6.3

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    0.08

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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 %

    A

    0

    18

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

    ACGR

    ARIST

    NALE3

    QUVI

    SOEL

    Acacia greggii

    Aristida

    Nassella leucotricha

    Quercus virginiana

    Solanum elaeagnifolium

    catclaw acacia

    threeawn

    Texas wintergrass

    live oak

    silverleaf nightshade

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    petrocalcic

    bedrock, lithic

    moderately coherent

    indurated

    18 - 40

    40 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    petrocalcic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—18

    18—40

    40—

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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

    3

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    527

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    210

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; 42 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear broken boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkkm—18 to 40 centimeters (7.1 to 15.7 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; material; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very abrupt irregular boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    R—40 centimeters (15.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.