IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cho
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S83TX099001
  • User Pedon ID: S83TX099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S83TX099001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82633
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 31.2604639
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8821972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: At the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and Farm Road 116 in Gatesville, Texas: 22.2 km south on Farm Road 116 and 2.2 km east on Antelope Road into Fort Hood. Site is 60 m south of road in range.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX099—Coryell

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wilding, West, R. D.
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.0
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cho
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 17 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: West, Wilding, Drees, Lane, McCales, Williamson
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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

    mollic epipedon

    petrocalcic horizon

    redox concentrations

    calcic horizon

    paralithic contact

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithic contact

    0—17

    17—44

    17—158

    44—93

    93—225

    195—205

    225—230

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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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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 fine roots; 2.0 medium and 2.0 fine pores; 5 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1795
    A2—7 to 17 centimeters (2.8 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 medium and 2.0 fine pores; 40 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1796
    Bkm1—17 to 36 centimeters (6.7 to 14.2 inches); yellow (2.5Y 8/6) silt loam; very hard, friable; 10 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1797
    Bkm2—36 to 44 centimeters (14.2 to 17.3 inches); yellow (2.5Y 8/6) silt loam; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1798
    Bk1—44 to 70 centimeters (17.3 to 27.6 inches); yellow (2.5Y 8/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 5.0 fine pores; white (N 8/) carbonate coats on all faces of peds and white (N 8/) carbonate coats on rock fragments; 10 percent medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent insect casts and 10 percent carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1799
    Bk2—70 to 93 centimeters (27.6 to 36.6 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/6) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent coarse distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 50 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TAMU1800
    2Cr1—93 to 107 centimeters (36.6 to 42.1 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/6) silt loam; massive; very hard, firm; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1801
    2Cr2—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/6) silt loam; massive; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 5.0 fine pores; and 10 percent fine distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1802
    2Cr3—124 to 158 centimeters (48.8 to 62.2 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/6) silt loam; massive; very hard, very firm; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1803
    2Cr4—158 to 195 centimeters (62.2 to 76.8 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/6) silt loam; massive; very hard, very firm; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1804
    2Cr5—195 to 205 centimeters (76.8 to 80.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; very hard, very firm; 1 percent carbonate coats; 1 percent fine distinct greenish gray (5GY 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1805
    2Cr6—205 to 225 centimeters (80.7 to 88.6 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) silty clay loam; very hard, very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1806
    R—225 to 230 centimeters (88.6 to 90.6 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2); fragments. Lab sample # TAMU1807