Soil Survey of Limestone County, Texas
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United States In cooperation with Department of Texas Agricultural Agriculture Experiment Station and Texas State Soil and Soil Survey of Natural Resources Water Conservation Conservation Board Service Limestone County, Texas How To Use This Soil Survey General Soil Map The general soil map, which is a color map, shows the survey area divided into groups of associated soils called general soil map units. This map is useful in planning the use and management of large areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the map, identify the name of the map unit in the area on the color-coded map legend, then refer to the section General Soil Map Units for a general description of the soils in your area. Detailed Soil Maps The detailed soil maps can be useful in planning the use and management of small areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the Index to Map Sheets. Note the number of the map sheet and turn to that sheet. Locate your area of interest on the map sheet. Note the map unit symbols that are in that area. Turn to the Contents, which lists the map units by symbol and name and shows the page where each map unit is described. The Contents shows which table has data on a specific land use for each detailed soil map unit. Also see the Contents for sections of this publication that may address your specific needs. This soil survey is a publication of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in 1991. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1991. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the survey area in 1991. This survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board. The survey is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Limestone-Falls Soil and Water Conservation District. Soil maps in this survey may be copied without permission. Enlargement of these maps, however, could cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale. All programs and services of the Natural Resources Conservation Service are offered on a nondiscriminatory basis, without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or handicap. Cover: Wildflowers are abundant in Limestone County in the spring. The soil is Robco loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes. The pond in the background is on Rader fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes. ii Contents Index to map units ........................................................ iv Groesbeck series ..................................................... 92 Summary of tables ....................................................... v Heiden series ........................................................... 93 Foreword ...................................................................... vii Houston Black series ............................................... 94 General nature of the county .......................................... 1 Kaufman series ........................................................ 94 How this survey was made ............................................. 3 Lamar series ............................................................ 95 General soil map units ................................................. 5 Lavender series ........................................................ 96 Detailed soil map units .............................................. 15 Leson series ............................................................. 96 Prime Farmland .......................................................... 59 Lufkin series ............................................................. 97 Use and management of the soils ............................. 61 Mabank series .......................................................... 98 Crops and pasture .................................................... 61 Nahatche series ..................................................... 103 Rangeland ................................................................ 64 Normangee series .................................................. 103 Recreation ................................................................ 70 Oglesby series ....................................................... 104 Wildlife habitat .......................................................... 71 Oletha series .......................................................... 104 Surface mine reclamation ......................................... 72 Padina series ......................................................... 105 Engineering .............................................................. 73 Personville series ................................................... 106 Soil properties ............................................................ 79 Rader series ........................................................... 107 Engineering index properties .................................... 79 Robco series .......................................................... 107 Physical and chemical properties ............................. 80 Silawa series .......................................................... 108 Soil and water features ............................................. 81 Silstid series ........................................................... 109 Physical and chemical analyses of selected soils ..... 82 Styx series ............................................................. 109 Engineering index test data ...................................... 83 Tabor series ........................................................... 110 Classification of the soils .......................................... 85 Tinn series ............................................................. 111 Soil series and their morphology .................................. 85 Uhland series ......................................................... 112 Axtell series .............................................................. 85 Whitesboro series .................................................. 112 Branyon series ......................................................... 86 Wilson series .......................................................... 113 Bremond series ........................................................ 87 Formation of the soils .............................................. 115 Burleson series ........................................................ 88 Factors of soil formation ......................................... 115 Crockett series ......................................................... 89 Processes of soil formation .................................... 116 Edge series .............................................................. 90 Geology .................................................................. 116 Ellis series ................................................................ 90 References ................................................................ 121 Ferris series ............................................................. 91 Glossary .................................................................... 123 Gasil series .............................................................. 92 Tables ........................................................................ 133 Issued September 1997 iii Index to Map Units AxA—Axtell fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ...... 16 LxA—Lufkin-Rader complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ...... 37 AxB—Axtell fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ...... 16 MaA—Mabank fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent BnA—Branyon clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes .................... 17 slopes....................................................................... 38 BuA—Burleson clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes ................... 18 Na—Nahatche loam, frequently flooded ....................... 39 CrA—Crockett loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ................... 19 NoB—Normangee clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ..... 40 CrB—Crockett loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ................... 20 NrD2—Normangee gravelly clay loam, 3 to 8 percent CrC2—Crockett loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded.... 21 slopes, eroded .......................................................... 41 EgB—Edge fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes ...... 21 OgB—Oglesby clay, 1 to 3 percent slopes ................... 41 EgC2—Edge fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, Ot—Oletha silty clay, frequently flooded ....................... 42 eroded ...................................................................... 22 PaC—Padina loamy fine sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes ... 43 EgD—Edge fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes .... 23 PaE—Padina loamy fine sand, 5 to 12 percent EhC3—Edge-Gullied land complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes....................................................................... 43 slopes....................................................................... 24 PeB—Personville loamy fine sand, 1 to 5 percent EsC2—Ellis clay, 3 to 5 percent slopes, eroded ........... 25 slopes......................................................................