IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acuff
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX069002
  • User Pedon ID: 81TX069002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0472
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49316
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 34.3408318
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4666672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5.3 km W of Farm Rd. 303 from intersection with Farm Rd. 1055 SW corner of Castro County 694 meters N in tame pasture.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX069—Castro

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lynn Williams Stahnke Pringle Hallmark Drees
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Acuff
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Acuff
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A11p—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02728. many fine roots
    1A12p—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02729. many fine roots
    1B21t—17 to 40 centimeters (6.7 to 15.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02730. common worm casts concentrations; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214996; patchy - phpvsfiid 214996
    1B22t—40 to 65 centimeters (15.7 to 25.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02731. common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214997; patchy - phpvsfiid 214997
    1B23t—65 to 90 centimeters (25.6 to 35.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02732. Threads and soft bodies of calcium carbonate comprising about 2 percent of mass.; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214998; patchy - phpvsfiid 214998
    1B24t—90 to 112 centimeters (35.4 to 44.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02733. Calcareous in lower part.; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214999; patchy - phpvsfiid 214999
    1B25tca—112 to 160 centimeters (44.1 to 63.0 inches); pink (5YR 8/4) interior, pink (5YR 7/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02734. About 40 percent by volume of calicum carbonate.; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 215000; patchy - phpvsfiid 215000
    1B26tca—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02735. About 30 percent by volume of calcium carbonate.; few fine roots
    1B27tca—190 to 240 centimeters (74.8 to 94.5 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 11 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02736. common fine lime concretions concentrations
    1B28tca—240 to 280 centimeters (94.5 to 110.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02737. About 20 percent by volume of soft calcium carbonate bodies.; common fine lime concretions concentrations
    1B29tca—280 to 295 centimeters (110.2 to 116.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, moist; clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 81P02738. Fine soft and hard bodies and concretions of calcium carbonate make up 15 percent by volume.; few fine distinct 5YR53 mottles