*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 96TX027001A

( Bell, Texas )

Print Date: Nov 21 2024 12:16PM

Sampled as on Jun 2, 1996:	Houston Black ; Fine, smectitic Chromic Haplusterts
Revised to :

				United States Department of Agriculture
SSL	-	Project	CP96TX113   TEXAS VERTISOL STUDY	Natural Resources Conservation Service
	-	Site ID	S1996TX027001A   Lat: 30° 59' 17.14" north  Long: 97° 10' 19.88" west  MLRA: 86	National Soil Survey Center
	-	Pedon No.	96P0259	Soil Survey Laboratory
	-	General Methods 1B1A, 2A1, 2B		Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3866

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Layer	Horizon	Orig Hzn	Depth (cm)	Field Label 1	Field Label 2	Field Label 3	Field Texture	Lab Texture
96P02088	Bssk	Bssk	53-73				C	C
96P02089	Bssk	Bssk	18-38				C	C
96P02090	Bss	Bss	68-98				C	C
96P02091	Bss	Bss	75-80				C	SICL
96P02092	Bssk	Bssk	90-110				C	SIC
96P02093	Bssk	Bssk	110-130				C	SI
96P02094	Bssy	Bssy	80-110				C	SI
96P02095	Bssk	Bssk	30-60				C	C
96P02096	Bssk	Bssk	20-40				C	C
96P02097	Bssk	Bssk	40-80				C	SIL

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PSDA  &  Rock Fragments				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-
					(- - - - - Total - - - - - -)			(- - Clay - - -)		(- - - - Silt - - - - -)		(- - - - - - - - - - - - Sand - - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Rock Fragments   (mm) )
				Lab	Clay	Silt	Sand	Fine	CO3	Fine	Coarse	VF	F	M	C	VC	(- - - - - - - - Weight - - - - - - - -)				>2 mm
				Text-	<	.002	.05	<	<	.002	.02	.05	.10	.25	.5	1	2	5	20	.1-	wt %
	Depth			ure	.002	-.05	-2	.0002	.002	-.02	-.05	-.10	-.25	-.50	-1	-2	-5	-20	-75	75	whole
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep		(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of <2mm Mineral Soil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)												(- - - - - - - % of <75mm - - - - - -)				soil
				3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3B1	3B1	3B1
96P02088	53-73	Bssk	S	c	60.6	35.9	3.5			27.6	8.3	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.5	tr	tr	--	3	tr
96P02089	18-38	Bssk	S	c	57.1	37.9	5.0	8.3	0.9	27.3	10.6	1.8	2.0	0.9	0.2	0.1	tr	1	--	4	1
96P02090	68-98	Bss	S	c	60.7	36.5	2.8	13.8	1.1	25.1	11.4	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.1	--	tr	1	--	3	1
96P02091	75-80	Bss	S	sicl	28.3	56.6	15.1	3.9	1.0	46.6	10.0	3.3	8.2	3.2	0.3	0.1	tr	tr	--	12	tr
96P02092	90-110	Bssk	S	sic	50.5	40.9	8.6	7.0	1.4	31.2	9.7	2.2	4.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	tr	--	--	6	--
96P02093	110-130	Bssk	S	si	5.4	85.0	9.6	4.3	1.8	78.5	6.5	1.5	4.6	3.0	0.4	0.1	2	--	--	10	2
96P02094	80-110	Bssy	S	si	4.3	83.4	12.3	4.3	1.0	74.8	8.6	3.4	6.3	2.1	0.4	0.1	--	--	--	9	--
96P02095	30-60	Bssk	S	c	58.9	33.7	7.4			22.3	11.4	1.6	1.5	1.2	1.4	1.7	tr	1	1	9	2
96P02096	20-40	Bssk	S	c	60.2	37.6	2.2		1.9	28.0	9.6	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	tr	tr	1	--	2	1
96P02097	40-80	Bssk	S	sil	16.1	76.3	7.6		1.4	66.9	9.4	2.6	3.4	1.3	0.1	0.2	1	--	--	6	1

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 96TX027001A

( Bell, Texas )

Print Date: Nov 21 2024 12:16PM

Sampled As	:	Houston Black		Fine, smectitic Chromic Haplusterts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  96P0259

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Bulk Density  &  Moisture				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(Bulk Density)		Cole	(- - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Air Dry-Oven Dry )		WRD	Aggst
				33	Oven	Whole	6	10	33	1500	1500 kPa	(- - - - Ratio - - - -)		Whole	Stabl	(- - Ratio/Clay - -)
	Depth			kPa	Dry	Soil	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	Moist		Corrected	Soil	2-0.5mm	CEC7	1500 kPa
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - g cm-3 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - pct of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - -)							cm3 cm-3	%
										3C2a1a		3D1	4E2a1a1a1			8D1	8D1
96P02088	53-73	Bssk	S							25.5		1.070				0.89	0.42
96P02089	18-38	Bssk	S							22.5			1.060			0.85	0.39
96P02090	68-98	Bss	S							23.8			1.060			0.82	0.39
96P02091	75-80	Bss	S							18.5			1.060			1.33	0.65
96P02092	90-110	Bssk	S							19.1			1.060			0.79	0.38
96P02093	110-130	Bssk	S							20.5			1.070			6.85	3.80
96P02094	80-110	Bssy	S							16.6			1.060			8.05	3.86
96P02095	30-60	Bssk	S							24.8		1.069				0.93	0.42
96P02096	20-40	Bssk	S							18.7			1.060			0.68	0.31
96P02097	40-80	Bssk	S							14.5			1.060			2.61	0.90

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Water Content

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

(- - Atterberg - -)

(- - - - - Bulk Density - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - Limits - - -)

Field

Recon

Recon

Field

Recon

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sieved Samples - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

LL

PI

33

Oven

33

6

10

33

100

200

500

Depth

kPa

Dry

kPa

kPa

kPa

kPa

kPa

kPa

kPa

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

pct <0.4mm

(- - - - - - - - g cm-3 - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

3C1e1a

96P02088

53-73

Bssk

S

33.5

96P02089

18-38

Bssk

S

33.2

96P02090

68-98

Bss

S

34.2

96P02091

75-80

Bss

S

32.3

96P02092

90-110

Bssk

S

33.4

96P02093

110-130

Bssk

S

33.6

96P02094

80-110

Bssy

S

31.4

96P02095

30-60

Bssk

S

33.6

96P02096

20-40

Bssk

S

31.3

96P02097

40-80

Bssk

S

31.4

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 96TX027001A

( Bell, Texas )

Print Date: Nov 21 2024 12:16PM

Sampled As	:	Houston Black		Fine, smectitic Chromic Haplusterts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  96P0259

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Carbon  &  Extractions				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-	-19-
				(- - - - - Total - - - - -)			Est	OC	C/N	(- - - Dith-Cit Ext - - -)			(- - - - - - Ammonium Oxalate Extraction - - - - - -)						(- - - Na Pyro-Phosphate - - -)
	Depth			C	N	S	OC	(WB)	Ratio	Fe	Al	Mn	Al+½Fe	ODOE	Fe	Al	Si	Mn	C	Fe	Al	Mn
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - % of <2 mm - - - - - - - - - -)						(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)								mg kg-1	(- - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - -)
					6B4a			6A1c		6C2b	6G7a	6D2a		8J	6C9b	6G12b	6V2b	6D5b
96P02088	53-73	Bssk	S					0.64		0.9	0.1	0.1	0.24	0.02	0.09	0.20	0.16	186.2
96P02089	18-38	Bssk	S					0.66		0.8	0.1	tr	0.19	0.03	0.07	0.16	0.12	115.8
96P02090	68-98	Bss	S					0.48		0.9	0.1	tr	0.22	0.03	0.09	0.17	0.14	224.3
96P02091	75-80	Bss	S					0.27		0.7	0.1	tr	0.13	0.02	0.05	0.11	0.09	59.4
96P02092	90-110	Bssk	S		0.031			0.27	9	0.6	0.1	tr	0.15	0.02	0.06	0.12	0.10	119.1
96P02093	110-130	Bssk	S					0.17		1.2	tr	tr	0.09	0.02	0.04	0.07	0.07	57.2
96P02094	80-110	Bssy	S					0.18		0.8	tr	tr	0.10	0.01	0.04	0.08	0.07	49.0
96P02095	30-60	Bssk	S		0.078			0.70	9	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.25	0.03	0.10	0.20	0.12	243.1
96P02096	20-40	Bssk	S					0.40		0.6	tr	tr	0.14	0.02	0.05	0.11	0.10	86.2
96P02097	40-80	Bssk	S		0.047			0.35	7	0.6	tr	tr	0.14	0.02	0.07	0.10	0.09	390.7

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CEC  &  Bases				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(- - - - - - NH4OAC Extractable Bases - - - - -)								CEC8	CEC7	ECEC		(- - - - Base - - - -)
								Sum	Acid-	Extr	KCl	Sum	NH4	Bases	Al	(- Saturation -)
	Depth			Ca	Mg	Na	K	Bases	ity	Al	Mn	Cats	OAC	+Al	Sat	Sum	NH4OAC
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)							mg kg-1	(- - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - -)
				6N2e	6O2d	6P2b	6Q2b						5A8c			5C3	5C1
96P02088	53-73	Bssk	S	78.6*	2.2	0.7	0.8						54.0			100	100
96P02089	18-38	Bssk	S	171.7*	1.6	0.3	0.7						48.4			100	100
96P02090	68-98	Bss	S	143.4*	3.1	2.3	0.7						49.6			100	100
96P02091	75-80	Bss	S	177.6*	2.4	1.8	0.6						37.5			100	100
96P02092	90-110	Bssk	S	181.3*	3.4	3.4	0.6						40.1			100	100
96P02093	110-130	Bssk	S	189.0*	4.3	5.2	0.5						37.0			100	100
96P02094	80-110	Bssy	S	202.9*	2.3	2.0	0.5						34.6			100	100
96P02095	30-60	Bssk	S	70.9*	2.3	0.7	0.7						54.5			100	100
96P02096	20-40	Bssk	S	196.9*	1.2	0.2	0.6						40.9			100	100
96P02097	40-80	Bssk	S	162.6*	1.4	0.7	0.6						42.0			100	100

^*Extractable Ca may contain Ca from calcium carbonate or gypsum., CEC7 base saturation set to 100.

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 96TX027001A

( Bell, Texas )

Print Date: Nov 21 2024 12:16PM

Sampled As	:	Houston Black		Fine, smectitic Chromic Haplusterts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  96P0259

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Salt				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-	-19-	-20-
				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Extracted From Saturated Paste - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)																	1:2
																			Total	Elec	Elec	Exch
	Depth			Ca	Mg	Na	K	CO3	HCO3	F	Cl	PO4	Br	OAC	SO4	NO2	NO3	H2O	Salts	Cond	Cond	Na	SAR
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - mmol(+) L-1 - - - - -)				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mmol(-) L-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)										(- - - - % - - - -)		(- - dS m-1 - -)		%
				6N1b	6O1b	6P1b	6Q1b	6I1b	6J1b	6U1b	6K1d				6L1d	6W1b	6M1d	8A	8D5	8A3a	4F1a1a1		5E
96P02088	53-73	Bssk	S	24.8	1.1	2.8	0.1	--	1.4	0.8	0.9				25.3	--	2.4	74.3	0.1	2.35	1.24	1	1
96P02089	18-38	Bssk	S	29.3	1.0	1.4	0.1	--	1.6	1.0	1.1				26.8	--	2.4	68.9	0.1	2.49	2.14	1	tr
96P02090	68-98	Bss	S	26.0	1.8	9.9	0.1	--	1.1	0.9	1.0				33.0	--	2.7	76.3	0.2	3.07	2.42	3	3
96P02091	75-80	Bss	S	25.6	1.7	9.4	0.1	--	0.8	0.7	1.1				33.1	--	2.7	69.3	0.1	3.01	2.47	3	3
96P02092	90-110	Bssk	S	24.5	2.4	16.9	0.1	--	1.0	0.7	1.8				38.5	--	3.4	72.2	0.2	3.67	2.88	5	5
96P02093	110-130	Bssk	S	23.5	3.4	27.8	0.2	--	0.9	1.1	6.1				46.9	--	4.1	81.8	0.3	4.72	3.25	8	8
96P02094	80-110	Bssy	S	25.3	1.9	11.3	0.2	--	0.9	0.5	1.0				35.0	--	3.0	73.1	0.2	3.22	2.62	3	3
96P02095	30-60	Bssk	S	5.9	0.4	2.2	0.1	--	1.9	0.4	0.8				5.0	--	0.1	83.5	tr	0.84	0.45	1	1
96P02096	20-40	Bssk	S	27.5	1.1	1.6	0.1	--	1.1	0.9	1.1				26.3	--	2.6	77.3	0.1	2.41	2.20	tr	tr
96P02097	40-80	Bssk	S	27.4	1.3	4.2	0.1	--	1.1	0.4	0.9				28.7	--	2.7	69.6	0.1	2.64	2.26	1	1

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pH  &  Carbonates				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-
				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)						(- - Carbonate - -)		(- - Gypsum - - -)
					CaCl2					As CaCO3		As CaSO4*2H2O		Resist
	Depth				0.01M	H2O	Sat			<2mm	<20mm	<2mm	<20mm	ohms
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	KCl	1:2	1:1	Paste	Oxid	NaF	(- - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - -)				cm-1
					4C1a2a	4C1a2a	8C1b			6E1g		4E2a1a1a1
96P02088	53-73	Bssk	S		7.7	7.7	7.5			10		--
96P02089	18-38	Bssk	S		7.5	7.6	7.4			5		13
96P02090	68-98	Bss	S		7.6	7.7	7.6			7		7
96P02091	75-80	Bss	S		7.6	7.7	7.7			5		29
96P02092	90-110	Bssk	S		7.6	7.7	7.8			5		25
96P02093	110-130	Bssk	S		7.7	7.7	7.8			6		20
96P02094	80-110	Bssy	S		7.6	7.7	7.2			5		33
96P02095	30-60	Bssk	S		7.6	7.7	7.4			5
96P02096	20-40	Bssk	S		7.5	7.7	7.3			7		27
96P02097	40-80	Bssk	S		7.6	7.7	7.4			6		29

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 96TX027001A

( Bell, Texas )

Print Date: Nov 21 2024 12:16PM

Sampled As	:	Houston Black		Fine, smectitic Chromic Haplusterts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  96P0259

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Clay Mineralogy (<.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Elemental

EGME

Inter

SiO2

Al2O3

Fe2O3

MgO

CaO

K2O

Na2O

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

7A2i

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

96P02088

53.0-73.0

Bssk

tcly

MT 4

KK 2

QZ 2

MI 2

CA 1

96P02089

18.0-38.0

Bssk

tcly

MT 4

CA 2

QZ 2

KK 2

96P02090

68.0-98.0

Bss

tcly

MT 4

QZ 2

KK 2

CA 2

96P02091

75.0-80.0

Bss

tcly

MT 4

CA 2

QZ 2

KK 2

GI 1

96P02092

90.0-110.0

Bssk

tcly

MT 4

CA 2

QZ 2

KK 2

MI 2

GI 1

96P02093

110.0-130.0

Bssk

tcly

MT 4

CA 3

QZ 2

MI 2

KK 2

96P02094

80.0-110.0

Bssy

tcly

MT 3

CA 3

QZ 2

KK 2

96P02095

30.0-60.0

Bssk

tcly

MT 4

KK 2

QZ 2

96P02096

20.0-40.0

Bssk

tcly

MT 4

CA 3

QZ 2

KK 2

MI 2

96P02097

40.0-80.0

Bssk

tcly

MT 3

CA 3

QZ 2

KK 2

MI 2

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
tcly - Total Clay <0.002 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
CA Calcite	GI Gibbsite	KK Kaolinite	MI Mica	MT Montmorillonite
QZ Quartz

RELATIVE PEAK SIZE:

5 Very Large

4 Large

3 Medium

2 Small

1 Very Small

6 No Peaks