IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pullman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980TX375003
  • User Pedon ID: 80TX375003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0345
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48123
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.1891667
  • Std. Longitude: -102.1000000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 meters S and 75 meters W of the NW corner of sec 197 block 2 plot 10 of W.C. Johnson Study-Bushland Research Center
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX375—Potter
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry F. Ratliff and Fred Pringle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Torrertic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pullman
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pullman
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Torrertic Paleustoll
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    33—83

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    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

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    1172

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    460

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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01798. Weakly expressed discontinous plow pan about 4 cm thick at base of Ap.; few fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior clay; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; , dry, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , dry, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01799. Sample depths 15-25 cm.; few intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 228943; continuous - phpvsfiid 228943
    1Bt2—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01800. Sample depths 41-56 cm.; few soft masses of lime concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 228946; continuous - phpvsfiid 228946
    1Bt3—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01801. Sample depths 71-86 cm.; few soft masses of lime concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features; patchy - phpvsfiid 228947; patchy - phpvsfiid 228947
    1Btk1—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01802. Effective rooting depth about 120 cm. Sample depths 102-114 cm.; few soft masses of lime concentrations; patchy - phpvsfiid 228949; patchy - phpvsfiid 228949
    1Btk2—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) interior clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 2.5 fine tubular pores; , dry, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01803. Estimated 35 percent CaCO3 irregularly distributed throughout the horizon. Sample depths 132-142 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 228950; patchy - phpvsfiid 228950
    1Btk2—142 to 185 centimeters (55.9 to 72.8 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) interior clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 2.5 fine tubular pores; , dry, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01804. Estimated 35 percent CaCO3 irregularly distributed throughout the horizon. Sample depths 163-173 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 228951; patchy - phpvsfiid 228951
    1Btk3—185 to 254 centimeters (72.8 to 100.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P01805. Estimated 10 percent CaCO3. Some water extracted to 254 cm. Sample depths 193-203 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 228952; patchy - phpvsfiid 228952