IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Falba
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970TX471002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970TX471002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970TX471002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4603
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40755
  • 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: 30.7474995
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7200012
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in an abandoned field-pasture 1056 feet west of Roberts Road, from a point 1.14 miles south of its intersection with Farm Road 1696, which is 1.3 mile west of the intersection of Farm Road 1696 and Farm Road 2550; which is 4.55 miles north of the intersection of Farm Road 2550 and Texas Highway 30; which intersection is 7.75 miles west of the intersection of Texas Highway 30 and Interstate 45 in Huntsville, Texas
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX471—Walker
  • MLRA: 87A—Texas Claypan Area, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX471—Walker County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. S. McKee, C. L. Godfrey, and sampling party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Falba
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FALBA
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ANGE

    ANGE

    ARIST

    ARIST

    PAPL3

    Andropogon gerardii

    Andropogon gerardii

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Paspalum plicatulum

    big bluestem

    big bluestem

    threeawn

    threeawn

    brownseed paspalum

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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

    2

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    93

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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak platy structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35077
    A2G—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; single grain; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35078
    B21TG—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; 1 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) fine prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35079
    B22TG—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35080
    C&B23TG—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sandy clay; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fine roots; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35081
    R—84 to 140 centimeters (33.1 to 55.1 inches); 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A35082