IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LIPAN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003-TX415-001
  • User Pedon ID: 03TX415001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0172
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16452
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 32.7349434
  • Std. Longitude: -100.8261108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: FROM INTERSECTION OF 180 AND 208 IN DOWNTOWN SYNDER, GO WEST ON 180 FOR 6.45 MILES TO FM 1673, GO NORTH 2.0 MILES TO C.R. 173, GO NORTH 0.15 MILES ON C.R. 173. LOCATION IS 200 FEET WEST INTO FIELD.
  • Map Unit: Lp—Hermleigh clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently ponded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX415—Scurry
  • MLRA: 78—Central Rolling Red Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX415—Scurry County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32100-F7—Hermleigh, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ALS,JAG,RMR,DDR,WJG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LIPAN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LIPAN
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: alluvial plain remnant
  • Landform: enclosed depression
  • Microfeature: gilgai intermediate position
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for long periods begining in jul
  • Geology: Ogallala formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: SS26
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    0—13

    32—226

    32—226

    —13—

    —194—

    —194—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0.5

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    738

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, moist; clay; 58 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-15-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00791; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—13 to 32 centimeters (5.1 to 12.6 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, moist; clay; 58 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent pressure faces; 2 percent fine distinct olive (5Y 4/4), moist, on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00792; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss1—32 to 81 centimeters (12.6 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, moist; clay; 58 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist,; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout and 1 percent medium spherical carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00793; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss2—81 to 153 centimeters (31.9 to 60.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, moist; clay; 58 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky, and strong very coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and strong very coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent prominent sand coats and 80 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00794; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss3—153 to 202 centimeters (60.2 to 79.5 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, moist; clay; 58 percent clay; strong medium wedge, and strong fine wedge, and strong coarse angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent prominent sand coats and 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine prominent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, and 6 percent fine prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist,; 5 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00795; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss4—202 to 226 centimeters (79.5 to 89.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, moist; clay; 56 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent prominent sand coats and 25 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 6 percent fine prominent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, and 9 percent fine prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist,; 3 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 04N00796; moist when described; observed in pit, small