IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CRETA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996TX219002
  • User Pedon ID: 96TX219002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996TX219002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0181
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68656
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 33.8212776
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4822464
  • 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CRETA
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/1996
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/1996 (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

    PROSO

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Prosopis

    black grama

    mesquite

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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
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    1049

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01314
    A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01315
    Bw—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01316. Common hard CaCO3 concretions - degrading petrocalcic (talus).
    Bt—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01317
    Btk1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent carbonate coats; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01318
    Btk2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent carbonate coats; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01319
    2Bt—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01320. continuous - phpvsfiid 200868; continuous - phpvsfiid 200868
    2Bty—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent threadlike gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01321. continuous - phpvsfiid 200869; continuous - phpvsfiid 200869
    2C—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches);, olive (5Y 5/3) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist; clay; massive; extremely firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; gypsum crystals, unspecified; shale, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 97P01322