IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX293015
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX293015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1369
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43163
  • 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: 31.6440811
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8065414
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX293—Limestone
  • MLRA: 86A—Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX293—Limestone County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31096-F7—Prairie Hill, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Reid, J. Bushong, J. McCormick, C. Robinson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Oxyaquic Vertic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Oxyaquic Vertic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Kpg formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    reduced matrix

    0—17

    17—149

    17—208

    37—208

    —17—

    —132—

    —191—

    —171—
    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

    —

    —

    166

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    210

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, very firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 1 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06552; dry when described; observed in trench
    Btss—17 to 37 centimeters (6.7 to 14.6 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine wedge structure; very hard, extremely firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 0.2 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films and 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 1 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06553; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btkssg1—37 to 64 centimeters (14.6 to 25.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine wedge structure; very hard, extremely firm; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout; 0.2 fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 25 percent distinct clay films; 2 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter chalk fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06554; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btkssg2—64 to 93 centimeters (25.2 to 36.6 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine wedge structure; very hard, extremely firm; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films and 25 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout and 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses on faces of peds and 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter chalk fragments and 3 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06555; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btkssg3—93 to 149 centimeters (36.6 to 58.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine wedge structure; very hard, extremely firm; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films and 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout and 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses on faces of peds and 5 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter chalk fragments and 1 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter chalk fragments and 3 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06556; moist when described; observed in trench
    CBkssg—149 to 208 centimeters (58.7 to 81.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1), gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist; clay; weak medium wedge parts to structureless massive; hard, very firm; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout and 3 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter chalk fragments and 1 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter chalk fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 3 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06557; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Ck—208 to 221 centimeters (81.9 to 87.0 inches); 70 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 30 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), 70 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 30 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; sandy clay loam; structureless massive; hard, very firm; 10 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout and 2 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout and 5 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter chalk fragments and 1 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter chalk fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N06558; moist when described; observed in trench