Major Land Resource Area 086A
Texas Blackland Prairie, Northern Part
Accessed: 10/07/2024
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- Soils high in calcium carbonates
- Sites north of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- Soils high in calcium carbonates
- Sites south of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- All others
- Sandy loam, loamy, or clay loam surface textures
- Loamy surface textures with abrupt increase in clay subsoil
- Sites north of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- All others
- Sandy loam, loamy, or clay loam surface textures
- Loamy surface textures with abrupt increase in clay subsoil
- Sites south of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- All others
- Sandy loam, loamy, or clay loam surface textures
- All others
- Soils with sandy loam surface textures
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- All others
- Sandy loam, loamy, or clay loam surface textures
- All others
- Soils with clay loam surface textures
- Sites north of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- All others
- Sandy loam, loamy, or clay loam surface textures
- All others
- Soils with clay loam surface textures
- Sites south of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- All others
- Clayey soils throughout entire profile
- Black clayey soils that have eroded surface and subsoil horizons
- Sites north of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- All others
- Clayey soils throughout entire profile
- Black clayey soils that have eroded surface and subsoil horizons
- Sites south of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- All others
- Clayey soils throughout entire profile
- Deep, black clayey soils with high shrink‐swell nature
- Sites north of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Uplands and terraces
- All others
- Clayey soils throughout entire profile
- Deep, black clayey soils with high shrink‐swell nature
- Sites south of Waco, TX
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Key Characteristics
- Bottomlands and flood plains
- Bottomlands with loamy soils
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Key Characteristics
- Bottomlands and flood plains
- Bottomlands with clayey soils
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