IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VALERA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963TX327001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963TX327001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963TX327001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4528
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40680
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Extreme NW corner of Menard County, TX; on the Haley Ranch, 20 miles NW of Menard; in a pasture 540 feet SW of gravel road, 7.5 miles W on Highway 29 from its junction with Highway 83, and 20.6 miles N and NW on gravel road.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX327—Menard
  • MLRA: 81B—Edwards Plateau, Central Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX327—Menard County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. C. Dean
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Petrocalcic Calciustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VALERA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    ARIST

    PROSO

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Prosopis

    threeawn

    threeawn

    mesquite

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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
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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34585. The granules are mostly wormcasts.
    A12—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34586
    A13—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34587
    Bca—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A34588
    Ccam—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); worm casts; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34589
    C1ca—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; hard, firm; 3.0 roots; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34590
    C2ca—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A34591