IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McLean
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997TX153002
  • User Pedon ID: 97TX153002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997TX153002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0515
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10198
  • 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: 33.9358063
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1708603
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: West of Floydada TX.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX153—Floyd
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX153—Floyd County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Craig Byrd, B.L. Allen, David Weindorf, Stan Albee, Kelly Attebury, Susan Horton.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McLean
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts
  • PSC - 25 to 123 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/14/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: playa
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/14/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ANGE

    ANGE

    Andropogon gerardii

    Andropogon gerardii

    big bluestem

    big bluestem

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    slickensides

    calcic horizon

    0—25

    25—41

    41—0

    86—157

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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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    290

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 10.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P03057
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03058
    Bw—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03059
    Bss—41 to 87 centimeters (16.1 to 34.3 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent sand coats on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03060
    Bssk1—87 to 123 centimeters (34.3 to 48.4 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; 2 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coarse faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent sand coats; 2 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03061
    Bssk2—123 to 157 centimeters (48.4 to 61.8 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; 2 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coarse faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent sand coats; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03062
    BCss—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches);, 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent sand coats; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 97P03063