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Soil Survey
Figure 7.-Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Groesbeck-Personville-Lavender general soil map unit.
uses because of wetness, shrinking and swelling with
changes in moisture, and the hazard of flooding.
9. Groesbeck-Personville-Lavender
Nearly level to gently sloping, moderately deep and deep,
moderately well drained and well drained, sandy soils; on
uplands
In this map unit, the moderately well drained Groesbeck
soils are on broad, nearly level to gently sloping uplands
and side slopes above drainageways. The moderately well
drained Personville soils are on very gently sloping and
gently sloping uplands. The well drained Lavender soils
are on very gently sloping and gently sloping uplands and
side slopes.
This map unit makes up about 2 percent of the county. It
is about 34 percent Groesbeck soils, 22 percent
Personville soils, 16 percent Lavender soils, and about 28
percent other soils (fig. 7).Typically, the surface layer of the Groesbeck soils is
very dark grayish brown loamy fine sand. The subsoil is
light olive brown sandy clay loam in the upper part and
light brownish yellow sandy clay loam in the lower part.
The underlying material is limestone bedrock.
Typically, the surface layer of the Personville soil is dark
yellowish brown loamy fine sand. The subsoil is dark
brown sandy clay loam in the upper part, yellowish brown
sandy clay loam in the middle part, and brownish yellow
fine sandy loam in the lower part. The underlying material
is limestone bedrock.
Typically, the surface layer of the Lavender soil is dark
brown loamy fine sand. The subsoil is yellowish red loamy
fine sand in the upper part and strong brown and dark
brown sandy clay loam in the lower part. The underlying
material is limestone bedrock.
Soils of minor extent in this map unit are the Axtell,
Crockett, Gasil, Oglesby, Rader, and Styx soils. The Axtell
and Rader soils are very deep and are in landscape12
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Griffin, Edward L.; Sabo, Donald J.; Brezina, Dennis N. & Janak, Edward L. Soil Survey of Limestone County, Texas, book, 1997; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130231/m1/19/?q=tex-land: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.