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Figure 10.-Cotton is one of the major crops grown on Houston Black clay, 1 to 3 percent slopes. This soil is used mainly for cropland.
the soil, helps control erosion, and provides grazing in the
early spring.
This map unit is well suited to native grasses. The
climax vegetation is a mixture of native grasses, forbs, and
shrubs, with an overstory of scattered oak, mesquite, and
hackberry trees along drainageways. Controlled grazing and
brush control are needed for maximum production.
This soil is moderately suited to openland and rangeland
wildlife habitat.
This Houston Black soil is poorly suited to urban uses.
The most limiting features are very high shrinking and
swelling with changes in moisture, very slow permeability,
corrosivity to uncoated steel, and low strength. Good
design and proper installation can reduce the effects of
these limitations. Trench sidewalls become very unstable
in this soil under certain conditions. Trenches excavated
to a depth of 5 feet or more should be shored or the
sidewall graded to an angle that ensures safe working
conditions.This soil is moderately suited to recreational uses.
Limiting features are very slow permeability and clay
texture.
This Houston Black soil is in capability subclass lie and
in the Blackland range site.
Kc-Kaufman clay, occasionally flooded
This very deep, nearly level soil is on flood plains of the
Navasota River and its larger tributaries. Slopes are less
than 1 percent. In some areas, this soil is flooded one or
two times in an average 5-year period. It remains flooded
for 1 to 2 days. In other areas, the soil is flooded less
often, depending on protection provided by levees and
flood prevention dams. Soil areas range from 50 to 300
acres. Undisturbed areas have gilgai microrelief.
The typical sequence, depth, and composition of the
layers of this soil are-32
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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/m1/38/?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.