IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acme
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX075002
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX075002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0148
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11656
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 34.4327240
  • Std. Longitude: -100.0893860
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Type Location: Childress Country, TX; from intersection of Farm Road 2530 and U.S. Highway 287 in Childress; 1.2 miles north on Farm Road 2530, 5.8 miles east on Farm Road 268, 1250 feet south on county road and 80 feet east in cropland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX075—Childress
  • MLRA: 78—Central Rolling Red Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Ressel, R. Gelnar, C. Neitsch, J. Gordon, C. Salisbury, and R. Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, gypsic, active, thermic Gypsic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Acme
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, gypsic, active, thermic Gypsic Calciustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy lacustrine deposits derived from gypsum
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: gypsum, rock at 99cm
  • Geology: Blaine formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    gypsic horizon

    0—48

    48—81

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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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    22

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 5.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01097; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 5.0 fine pores; 3 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01098; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 5.0 fine pores; 5 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01099; observed in pit, small
    Bky—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 5.0 fine pores; 3 percent carbonate masses and 20 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses and medium threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01100; observed in pit, small
    Cy1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches);, 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable; 70 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01101; observed in pit, small
    Cy2—99 to 203 centimeters (39.0 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak extremely coarse prismatic structure; 35 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and gypsum crystals, unspecified on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01102, 00P01103; observed in pit, small. Prism faces are coated with a 4mm thick layer of gypsum.; Horizon split for sampling at 165 cm.