IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pullman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995TX381001
  • User Pedon ID: 95TX381001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0491
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67509
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025
  • 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: 35.1715556
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0843056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: W/F site on station - Bushland Station.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX381—Randall
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX381—Randall County, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Kimble, R. Follett
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pullman
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/1995
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: playa
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/4/1995 (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

    calcic horizon

    0—50

    10—137

    137—200

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    1

    1159

    90

    460

    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; 21.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine high-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03696
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; 21.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine high-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03697
    Bt1—10 to 29 centimeters (3.9 to 11.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dry; silty clay; strong medium and coarse platy structure; very hard, firm, very strong, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent nonintersecting slickensides and 50 percent distinct pressure faces; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03698. continuous - phpvsfiid 194492; patchy - phpvsfiid 194493; continuous - phpvsfiid 194492; patchy - phpvsfiid 194493
    Bt2—29 to 50 centimeters (11.4 to 19.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; semideformable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent prominent nonintersecting slickensides and 70 percent distinct pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03699. continuous - phpvsfiid 194494; patchy - phpvsfiid 194495; continuous - phpvsfiid 194494; patchy - phpvsfiid 194495
    Bt3—50 to 73 centimeters (19.7 to 28.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dry; silty clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; semideformable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent nonintersecting slickensides and 60 percent distinct pressure faces; 2 percent medium cylindrical extremely weakly coherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03700. continuous - phpvsfiid 194496; patchy - phpvsfiid 194497; continuous - phpvsfiid 194496; patchy - phpvsfiid 194497
    Btk1—73 to 102 centimeters (28.7 to 40.2 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face and 10 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, dry; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; semideformable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 40 percent distinct pressure faces; 5 percent medium cylindrical extremely weakly coherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03701. continuous - phpvsfiid 194498; continuous - phpvsfiid 194498
    Btk2—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face and 60 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; semideformable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct pressure faces and 50 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, organic stains; 5 percent fine and medium dendritic noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate threads around rock fragments and 5 percent medium cylindrical extremely weakly coherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03702. continuous - phpvsfiid 194499; continuous - phpvsfiid 194500; continuous - phpvsfiid 194499; continuous - phpvsfiid 194500
    Btk3—137 to 200 centimeters (53.9 to 78.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, 70 percent pink (5YR 7/4) broken face and 30 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; deformable; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular and 3.0 medium high-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent coarse cylindrical weakly coherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P03703
    AB—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; deformable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P03704