IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Falba
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970TX471003
  • User Pedon ID: S1970TX471003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970TX471003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4604
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40756
  • 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: 30.7472229
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7205582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in an abandoned field-pasture 786 feet west of Roberts Road, from a point 1.55 miles south of its intersection with Farm Road 1696, which is 1.3 miles 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 Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • 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

    OPUNT

    OPUNT

    QUST

    QUST

    Opuntia

    Opuntia

    Quercus stellata

    Quercus stellata

    pricklypear

    pricklypear

    post oak

    post oak

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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

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    96

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    APG—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; single grain; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35083
    A2G—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; single grain; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35084
    B21TG—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35085
    B22TG—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35086
    B23TG&C—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35087
    R&B24T—64 to 90 centimeters (25.2 to 35.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35088
    R—90 to 188 centimeters (35.4 to 74.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A35089