Soil Series Atlas

Eckrant soil series

Clayey-skeletal, smectitic, thermic Lithic Haplustolls

050cm1 ft2 ftA1Topsoil0–10 cm · 0–4 inA2Topsoil10–30 cm · 4–12 inRHard bedrock30–76 cm · 12–30 in050cmA1Topsoil0–10 cm · 0–4 inA2Topsoil10–30 cm · 4–12 inRHard bedrock30–76 cm · 12–30 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 76 cm (30 in), 3 horizons.

Mollisols — soils with a thick, dark, organic-rich topsoil

Eckrant is mapped on 1.91 million acres in Texas, 42nd nationally by area. In Texas only four series cover more ground. Its description ends at 76 cm; only two atlas descriptions are shorter. Every mapped acre is in Texas.

Depth
Very shallow
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately slow

Compare with another seriesSimilar series in the finder

Where Eckrant is mapped

1,906,622 acres in 24 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexas: 1,906,622 acresWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Eckrant acres

  1. Texas100%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Texas 5th of 1,565 · 1.23%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very shallow

ShallowDeep

Ector and Tarrant also are classed very shallow.

Permeability

Moderately slow

SlowFast
Parent material
Residuum, limestone, marl/chalk
Landform
Hillslopes, ridges/interfluves
Type location
Texas

How it is classified

  1. OrderMollisols
  2. SuborderUstolls
  3. Great groupHaplustolls
  4. SubgroupLithic Haplustolls
  5. FamilyClayey-skeletal, smectitic, thermic Lithic Haplustollsclayey-skeletal particle-size classsmectitic mineralogy classthermic soil temperature regime

Against other Mollisols

Eckrant makes up 0.44% of all mapped Mollisols — the 12th largest of 7,593 series in the order.

Depth described

76 cm under a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Eckrant76 cm · Lithic Haplustolls
  2. Port183 cm · Cumulic Haplustolls
  3. Ulysses200 cm · Torriorthentic Haplustolls
  4. Uly203 cm · Typic Haplustolls

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
A1Topsoil0–10 cm0–4 in10 cm
A2Topsoil10–30 cm4–12 in20 cm
RHard bedrock30–76 cm12–30 in46 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2018-08), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides