IDENTIFIERS

  • User Site ID: S83TX099003
  • User Pedon ID: S83TX099003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S83TX099003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82635
  • 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: 31.2578056
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8849361
  • 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 450 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
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Petrocalcic Calciustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/2012
  • Classifier - A Stahnke
  • 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

    petrocalcic

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    indurated

    33 - 71

    71 - 76

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

    mollic epipedon

    petrocalcic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—33

    33—71

    71—76

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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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    A1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine platy structure; hard, firm; 5.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 4 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1818
    A2—11 to 33 centimeters (4.3 to 13.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, firm; 5.0 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; 40 percent by volume 2-?-15 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1819
    Bkm—33 to 45 centimeters (13.0 to 17.7 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; silt loam; extremely hard, extremely firm; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent very coarse carbonate masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TAMU1821
    Bkm—33 to 45 centimeters (13.0 to 17.7 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; extremely hard, extremely firm; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent very coarse carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1820
    Bkm/Cr—45 to 71 centimeters (17.7 to 28.0 inches); 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1823
    Bkm/Cr—45 to 71 centimeters (17.7 to 28.0 inches); 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1822
    R—71 to 76 centimeters (28.0 to 29.9 inches);, white (10YR 8/1), moist; 10 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU1824