IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PYRON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003-TX415-005
  • User Pedon ID: 03TX415005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16456
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 32.8354988
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0767746
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of US 180 and US 208 in downtown Snyder, go north on US 208 for 1.6 miles to US 84, go northwest on US 84 for 10.5 miles to county road 2126, go west on C.R. 2126 for 3.1 miles to private ranch road, go south on ranch road 1.7 miles ON ranch road, site is 200 feet east in rangeland.
  • Map Unit: RwA—Pyron clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • 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: 32101-G1—Dermott, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ALS,JAG,RMR,DDR,WJG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Calcidic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PYRON
  • PSC - 16 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ROWENA
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: alluvial plain remnant
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Ogallala formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—39

    74—210

    —39—

    —136—
    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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    —

    795

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    A—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine insect casts throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00817; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—16 to 39 centimeters (6.3 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent insect casts throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00818; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—39 to 74 centimeters (15.4 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; clay; 40 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent insect casts throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00819; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—74 to 95 centimeters (29.1 to 37.4 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3) broken face, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, moist; clay; 41 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular pores; 4 percent insect casts throughout and 10 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00820; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—95 to 119 centimeters (37.4 to 46.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, moist; clay; 41 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent insect casts throughout and 5 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00821; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk1—119 to 184 centimeters (46.9 to 72.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse 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; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent insect casts throughout and 5 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout and 2 percent medium prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00822; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk2—184 to 210 centimeters (72.4 to 82.7 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, moist; clay; 44 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse 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; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent insect casts throughout and 3 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 3 percent very coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 04N00823; dry when described; observed in pit, small