IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mansker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX153003
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX153003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999TX153003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11637
  • 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: 33.9579200
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4484000
  • 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, LC, CN, BLA, JAC
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mansker
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, carbonatic Calcic Paleustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: draw
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1999 (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

    ACGR

    AMPS

    ARIST

    ARIST

    ARLUL2

    BOSA

    GUSA2

    GUSA2

    SPCR

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    YUCCA

    Acacia greggii

    Ambrosia psilostachya

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana

    Bothriochloa saccharoides

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    Yucca

    catclaw acacia

    Cuman ragweed

    threeawn

    threeawn

    white sagebrush

    silver bluestem

    broom snakeweed

    broom snakeweed

    sand dropseed

    sand dropseed

    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

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01009. few fine CaCO3 fragments (greater than 2 percent by volume).
    Bk1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01010. common fine medium CaCO3 fragments (3 to 5 percent) common films, threads and fine masses of CaCO3.
    Bk2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01011. CaCO3 engulfed argillic horizon, lateral variability in CaCO3 features-many medium coarse CaCO3 masses to stone sized (1 inch diameter) CaCO3 indurated nodules; estimated 50 to 60 percent.
    Btk1—61 to 114 centimeters (24.0 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01012. many medium coarse CaCO3 masses, and nodules, many CaCO3 films and threads on ped faces; estimated 35 to 40 percent by volume.
    Btk2—114 to 160 centimeters (44.9 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01013. many CaCO3 films and threads on peds faces; many medium coarse CaCO3 masses and nodules; 6-12 inch spacing, vertically oriented pendents composed of discontinuously indurated CaCO3 nodules - range 3-4 inch width, 10-12 inch height.
    Btk3—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 00P01014. many CaCO3 films and threads on ped faces, common fine medium CaCO3 masses, estimated 10-15 percent by volume.