IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): POTTER

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1998TX303002

User Pedon ID: 98TX303002

Vegetation Plot ID: S1998TX303002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 98P0389

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10659

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 33.5336380

Std. Longitude: -101.7801666

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: From the intersection of Loop 289 and State Highway 331 in southeast Lubbock; 0.2 mile east on paved road; 0.1 mile southeast on private road; 50 feet north into rangeland; along the edge of Yellowhouse Canyon.

State: Texas

County: TX303—Lubbock

MLRA: 77E—Southern High Plains, Breaks

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX303—Lubbock County, Texas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33101-E7—Lubbock East, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: TCB, JKA, SCH

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 - POTTER

Taxonomic Class - Loamy, carbonatic, shallow Ustic Haplocalcids

PSC - 25 to 51 cm.

Classificaton Date - 4/3/1998

Moisture Class - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: plains

Landform: drainageway

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/3/1998 (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

Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ARIST ARIST BOGR2 BOGR2 PROSO YUCCA YUCCA	Aristida Aristida Bouteloua gracilis Bouteloua gracilis Prosopis Yucca Yucca	threeawn threeawn blue grama blue grama mesquite yucca yucca	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon calcic horizon	0—15 15—38	—- —-

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
5	—	—	937	—		457	—	—	14.4	—	—	15.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; loose, friable; 20.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; 10 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02275. few fragments of hard caliche up to 10 cm in diameter on the soil surface.

A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 20.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 30 percent medium and coarse carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02276

BCk—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and thin lenticular platy structure; hard when dry, firm; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 40 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions throughout and 20 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; 50 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02277

Ck1—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; Error; thick lenticular platy structure; indurated by carbonates and silica; 3.0 fine to coarse roots in cracks; 5 percent prominent oxide coats on bottoms of plates; 10 percent platy carbonate masses; fragments; 60 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02278. patchy - phpvsfiid 200488; patchy - phpvsfiid 200488

Ck2—74 to 140 centimeters (29.1 to 55.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; Error; thick lenticular platy structure; indurated by carbonates and silica; 2.0 very fine roots in cracks; 5 percent prominent oxide coats on bottoms of plates; 5 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses in cracks; fragments; 70 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02279. patchy - phpvsfiid 200489; patchy - phpvsfiid 200489

Ck3—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; Error; thick lenticular platy structure; indurated by carbonates and silica; 20 percent prominent oxide coats on bottoms of plates; 40 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses in cracks; fragments; 70 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P02280. patchy - phpvsfiid 200490; patchy - phpvsfiid 200490