IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX153001
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX153001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999TX153001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0127
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11635
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 33.8538895
  • Std. Longitude: -101.3066635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX153—Floyd
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX153—Floyd County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SCH, JAB, TCB, JAC, BLA, CN
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aridic Ustochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: hill
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1999 (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: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGE

    ANGE

    BOSA

    CIRSI

    GRIND

    OPUNT

    OPUNT

    YUCCA

    YUCCA

    Andropogon gerardii

    Andropogon gerardii

    Bothriochloa saccharoides

    Cirsium

    Grindelia

    Opuntia

    Opuntia

    Yucca

    Yucca

    big bluestem

    big bluestem

    silver bluestem

    thistle

    gumweed

    pricklypear

    pricklypear

    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

    6

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    180

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak granular structure; very hard; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 8 percent by volume mixed calcareous fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00995
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 00P00996. roots are greater 2 percent.
    Bw—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P00997. greater than 2 percent petrocalic fragments.
    Bwb—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 00P00998. greater than 2 percent petrocalic fragments, upper 1 - 2 inches is darker.
    2Bwb—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P00999. greater than 2 percent petrocalic fragments, upper 1 - 2 inches is darker.
    2Bkb1—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P01000. 4-5 percent films of threads of CaCO3 on ped faces.
    2Bkb2—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 fine and medium pores; fragments. Lab sample # 00P01001. multiple discontinuous lenses of petrocalcic fragments up to 1 inch in diameter, common films threads of CaCO3 on ped faces 5-8 percent by volume.