IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): YELLOWHOUSE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996TX219001
  • User Pedon ID: 96TX219001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996TX219001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0180
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68655
  • 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: 33.8186378
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4823074
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX219—Hockley
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX219—Hockley County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - YELLOWHOUSE
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/1996
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOER4

    OPUNT

    OPUNT

    PROSO

    YUCCA

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Opuntia

    Opuntia

    Prosopis

    Yucca

    Yucca

    black grama

    pricklypear

    pricklypear

    mesquite

    yucca

    yucca

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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

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    1055

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay; granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01306. Likely to be colluvium incorporating few petrocalcic gravel pieces.
    Bw1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01307. Likely to be colluvium incorporating few petrocalcic gravel pieces.
    Bw2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay; 3 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine and medium faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01308
    Bw3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine and medium faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01309
    BC—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and medium faint and 3 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01310
    Cr1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01311. Cr is interstratified dark shale and 1" thick gypsum beds goothite along bedding planes, but not laterally continuous.
    Cr2—94 to 178 centimeters (37.0 to 70.1 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01312. Cr is interstratified dark shale and 1" thick gypsum beds.
    Cr3—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 97P01313. Cr is interstratified dark shale and 1" thick gypsum beds.