Soil Survey of Bell County, Texas Page: 14
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SOIL SURVEY
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uttwit h pi
Tlhe sIlur ranges fr I 22 to 4i inch i e in ihikneics. 'The A
ioriznti ritrLui fr orm. lb t .i0 ii'le- in Lii'lt . I is dark
browrn , dHIJ x% I g lr:ai 1shl 'brI w r, or veI1y dIad rIk~ Lnv ish! brown. Tihe
82 lhorizr.n iiinges frt 10 t. 1)I. ilicthes ill tiihii eis. and from
brow a ntl rk brow'ni. 1!ThB i lz i s sto, lir n .s i so
npr)fIIos "1'lie C Il i Z' Io , wet i'., ,!,-eritt, i li yI? my aLvrial
OVel weahly cemented to iidiiiauratd liliton" arld rinterbed-
iled n l [ .
Denton silly clay., 1) to ! percent slopes (DeA).-
This neartlv level soil generally is on tr oil flats it
very gently rounded rig:s. In so .mei1 lJace it is in
higher areas. Ar'e~ts re sni ll, Iare tirieguilar iii
shape, and aUie mainly less than 15 ales in size.
The surface lay'r is -lark ; ISh11r-n10VT si ty l
8 inches thick.. Th neAt laer is ,ark-brown silty
clay that extends to 3 depth of S inches. The
iiuderlying tnateril is fractured litiestone.
I ncludedi with tiis s-i in 1iap ing are st-all are.ias
of gently sloping Dentii- and San Sliba soilis.
Most aLeas of this sil aite .cultivaledl, A few areas
are in pasture The hu.zard if eCsi1n is sUght, a il
unoT is medium. Capabtihity uiit I -t13 1 astutre and
laNy group 7C; Clay loam range site,
Dentotl siltyy clay, I to 3 percieni slopes (DeB).-
This 'nttlyV sloping soil is on lo ridges. Areasa
maiinly are irregular in shape and are less t han 7F
acres in size This soil has t ,_iw profile ,lsribel 5:_s
reprtsentative of the series.
I nlcitled with this soil in m ap ingL re sall areas
of nearly level Denton, ['Li-yVes, -and SuZ ,Bata soils.
The included areas rnakc up 1) percent or less of
any ntpp.ld trea.
This soil is suited to lrouist crops conmitnontly grown
ini toe county. Most Li'a'..aS h.ave eieen einilti Vated.
Soie Lareas are in native r,'ange, anil other sm-all
ae-as are -in improved pasture. The hatard -' e'o-
si, is m11oderi-Ate, and runoff is mediuri. Capability
unit le-2; p astute an, hay group TC: lay , lam
range site.
1Denton-Ur-ban land complex, I to 3 percent slopes
(DnB).-This complex is made up of gently sloping
soils i, ridges and side slopes. Mro.st area s are
irregular iii shape and are 5 to 50) acres in size.
Denton soils make utip about 66 pcee-it of this
mapping unit, Urban la-nd about 25 percent, and
Lewisville, Purves, andt other soils about k9 percent.
The soils ;Aid Urban land cannot be show separately
at the scale mapped, b.,aus they are too intermin-
gled or the areas are to. small.
The fieinton soils have a surf;ae la,-r of dark
grayish-brown, calcareous silty clay 8 inches thick,
The next layer is dark-brown silty clay that reaches
to a depth of 26 inches. The underlying material is
fractured imestone,
Urban land areas are covered with works and
structu tres In Fort Ho,d these works and sti.''-
tLeS atri br tacks, streets, and miot or pools. InBetteo n anl Kilen th ey are rilostl siIgli-'-iU ill
dw1lligs n nd atte ldant siJ eets, driveways, sit -
walks, patI ', ai-l fltr't t le" . @ecu:.itse Ihe t.opor -
11hy is s iim .t , i. liiic i.'of the sl has irt [t n' lis-
tirfiel (lurilg C 1Yr1is{r1st c I . Shiji iliW lites a lyin
tO ds and Streets 0acoi t. for i.t otf tie soil IlO 'v'-
le ti H.
Features ofu th-le soils in this cLm)lex t hIat affect
tirbaii IevePloPrmenLt are sh ri k,-swill itI tential,
wlitII c1an cause rigitircig il shifting* o'f sitrCtures;
corrosivity, which 'auses etetioatoll of ,ipeli'ies
a i] steel ii the 2 lTil ' ill silt y ti i x ti e,
w -hich- becomes -jtiLky i plastic w-iunil -t. Nearly
al new dwellin-gs 'te uilut or a floating '-iif.'cel
coutcrete slab so that tt ,ffcts of the slrik-swell
iel havior of these soils r r-ledtctd. Not plael in
in tepretive grott iS
IDentoumn :ssocialion. undulating (DPB). -This assii
:tioni is mostly 'on the Fort Ioi,, lilltary s-r.,Aiva-
tin. Soil areas a mintnly ini sh l'-s letwer hills
Atid on foot slopes. Slopes are 1 o el'cent. Mappie
'etas alre irregular in shipe a Ouda. 2iY0 .'crus to
more thlanl 1,000 Icres in sv A nie dci ar'a g ner-
ally is albouict 50 pt) ''rcent Denton soils andit abt 5_itF
percent other soils. The percenitagcI f iDeniton sills
ranges frnom 20 to 70. Denton soils ,d closely siri-
lar, deep o r lorately l'ep soius a re domiriant ini
all mapped a reag. The soils could ire sepa: rated in
llappiig lt Aire not ,.'eaus e their ui aLC ilndg-L .-
ment ui similr. Areas of this issi':ition iC-rmuch
larger and composition is u11ore variable thIal tI ose
,f most other "I iainlg ulits in th- county i\Lallig
has been 'oi-ntrolled well enough, however, fr.fir tie
anticipated uLse of the soils,
The Denton soils are mostly in wide alleys. Tlei
have a surface layer of l:i-k gr-aish-brOtrwti sIlt y
clay about 18 inche thielC. The next ALver is J rk-
brown silty clay thaIt reaches to a depth of :;6 inch es.
Th l iilldeclviliyzg I-Lit f fi-, is f'ractur(',-I i11-it estoL1D,_.
Included with these soils in m ,uaing atre Br.,'k-
itt, iurnM, and Purves soils. 13Br.ckett anL Purves
soils are mainly in areas above D Knton soils, and
Krum soils are in small, irreglit 'aly shaped ai"eas
,.ostly I,,_low Dento li-ols.
The soils in this association are mostly in native
vegetation. They are used for arny maneuvers as
well as range. RunLoff is medium tn rapid, and t e
hazard of erosion is moderate. Capability unit II I-
3; pasture and hay group 7C; Clay Loam ran,-iI'e site.
Eddy Series
The Eddy series consists of neatIly level to slopil g,
calcareous, loamy soils on uplands (fig. 3). These
shallow to very shallow soils formed in material
weathered from strongly cemented '-balky lime-
stone.
In a representative profile the surface la'tir is
about 5 inches of light brownish-gray gravelly clay
loam that is 35 to 40 percent chalk fragments. The
next layer is 3 inches of light briwiisl-gt very
gravelly clay loam that is 85 to 90 percent chalk
fragments. Th, und-rlyrg mate-ial is white chalky
lime.stonie.
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Huckabee. John W. Soil Survey of Bell County, Texas, book, 1977; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130201/m1/18/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.