Acove soil series
A soil profile of Acove loamy sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes. These soils are moderately deep, well drained with a sandy loam surface and clayey subsoil. There is a characteristic stone line within the profile at approximately 15 to 19 inches (38 to 48 cm). (Soil Survey of Mason County, Texas; by Julia A. McCormick, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Acove series consists of soils that are moderately deep to paralithic sandstone bedrock. These well drained soils formed in loamy residuum derived from sandstone of Cambrian age. These nearly level to strongly sloping soils are on shoulders and summits of ridges on dissected plateaus of the Central Basin. Slope ranges from 0 to 12 percent. Mean annual air temperature is about 19 degrees C (67 degrees F), and mean annual precipitation is about 686 mm (27 in).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Typic Haplustalfs
Depth to paralithic contact: 61 to 100 cm (24 to 40 in)
Solum thickness: 61 to 100 cm (24 to 40 in)
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mostly for rangeland. Some areas are used for growing peanuts, small grains, and grain sorghums. Native vegetation is sideoats grama, fall witchgrass, threeawn, sand dropseed, and little bluestem. Scattered trees include post oak, mesquite, prickly ash, and hackberry.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southwest Plateaus and Plains Range and Cotton Region, LRR-I. MLRA 82A-Texas Central Basin. The series is of moderate extent.
Acove soil series
A soil profile of Acove loamy sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes. These soils are moderately deep, well drained with a sandy loam surface and clayey subsoil. There is a characteristic stone line within the profile at approximately 15 to 19 inches (38 to 48 cm). (Soil Survey of Mason County, Texas; by Julia A. McCormick, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Acove series consists of soils that are moderately deep to paralithic sandstone bedrock. These well drained soils formed in loamy residuum derived from sandstone of Cambrian age. These nearly level to strongly sloping soils are on shoulders and summits of ridges on dissected plateaus of the Central Basin. Slope ranges from 0 to 12 percent. Mean annual air temperature is about 19 degrees C (67 degrees F), and mean annual precipitation is about 686 mm (27 in).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Typic Haplustalfs
Depth to paralithic contact: 61 to 100 cm (24 to 40 in)
Solum thickness: 61 to 100 cm (24 to 40 in)
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mostly for rangeland. Some areas are used for growing peanuts, small grains, and grain sorghums. Native vegetation is sideoats grama, fall witchgrass, threeawn, sand dropseed, and little bluestem. Scattered trees include post oak, mesquite, prickly ash, and hackberry.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southwest Plateaus and Plains Range and Cotton Region, LRR-I. MLRA 82A-Texas Central Basin. The series is of moderate extent.