Wheatwood soil series
A profile of Wheatwood loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes. Wheatwood soils developed on flood plains, are well drained, and moderately permeable. (Soil Survey of Young County, Texas; by Thomas E. Cyprian, Natural Resources Conservation Services)
Note: With the lower A horizon being identified as buried (Ab), the subsequent underlying Bk horizons would commonly be described as buried (Bkb).
The Wheatwood series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in calcareous loamy alluvium. The soils are on nearly level to gently sloping flood plains of rivers and wide creeks. Slopes range from 0 to 1 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Fluventic Haplustepts
Solum thickness ranges from 60 to more than 80 inches. The 10- to 40- inch particle-size control section is silt loam, clay loam, or silty clay loam with 20 to 35 percent clay. Thin stratification of very fine sandy loam and clay are common below a depth of 20 inches. The soil is dry in some part of the moisture control section for four-tenths to six-tenths of the cumulative days during the growing season in most years. The organic carbon content is greater than 0.2 percent at a depth of 50 inches.
USE AND VEGETATION: Mostly used for cropland or pecan orchards. Crops are grain sorghum, cotton, and small grains. Some small areas are in improved bermudagrass pastures. Woody vegetation includes oak, pecan, elm, hackberry, and willow.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Mainly along the Brazos and Red River watersheds in the Central Rolling Red Plains (MLRA 78B, 78C), Rolling Limestone Prairie (MLRA 78D), Central Rolling Red Prairie (MLRA 80A) and North Central Prairie (MLRA 80B) in Texas and possibly Oklahoma. The series is of moderate extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/texas/TX503/0/...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/W/WHEATWOOD.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#wheatwood
Wheatwood soil series
A profile of Wheatwood loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes. Wheatwood soils developed on flood plains, are well drained, and moderately permeable. (Soil Survey of Young County, Texas; by Thomas E. Cyprian, Natural Resources Conservation Services)
Note: With the lower A horizon being identified as buried (Ab), the subsequent underlying Bk horizons would commonly be described as buried (Bkb).
The Wheatwood series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in calcareous loamy alluvium. The soils are on nearly level to gently sloping flood plains of rivers and wide creeks. Slopes range from 0 to 1 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Fluventic Haplustepts
Solum thickness ranges from 60 to more than 80 inches. The 10- to 40- inch particle-size control section is silt loam, clay loam, or silty clay loam with 20 to 35 percent clay. Thin stratification of very fine sandy loam and clay are common below a depth of 20 inches. The soil is dry in some part of the moisture control section for four-tenths to six-tenths of the cumulative days during the growing season in most years. The organic carbon content is greater than 0.2 percent at a depth of 50 inches.
USE AND VEGETATION: Mostly used for cropland or pecan orchards. Crops are grain sorghum, cotton, and small grains. Some small areas are in improved bermudagrass pastures. Woody vegetation includes oak, pecan, elm, hackberry, and willow.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Mainly along the Brazos and Red River watersheds in the Central Rolling Red Plains (MLRA 78B, 78C), Rolling Limestone Prairie (MLRA 78D), Central Rolling Red Prairie (MLRA 80A) and North Central Prairie (MLRA 80B) in Texas and possibly Oklahoma. The series is of moderate extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/texas/TX503/0/...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/W/WHEATWOOD.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#wheatwood