IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kimberly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX219001
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX219001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999TX219001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11638
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 33.7836113
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4666672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX219—Hockley
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX219—Hockley 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 #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimberly
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, carbonatic Petrocalcic Calciustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: escarpment
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1999 (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: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGE

    ANGE

    ARIST

    ARIST

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    ERAGR

    PROSO

    SPCR

    SPCR

    Andropogon gerardii

    Andropogon gerardii

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Eragrostis

    Prosopis

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    big bluestem

    big bluestem

    threeawn

    threeawn

    blue grama

    blue grama

    lovegrass

    mesquite

    sand dropseed

    sand dropseed

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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

    2

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    320

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 00P01015. about 10 percent of gravel.
    A2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; fine and medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 00P01016. about 40 percent gravel.
    Bkm—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; indurated; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P01017. Laminar in upper part, opalized.
    Bk—71 to 163 centimeters (28.0 to 64.2 inches); white (10YR 8/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P01018. (Is a degraded Bkm with soil material) 85 percent CaCO3 as petronodes; 10-15 percent soil material.
    B1km—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), white (10YR 8/1), moist; indurated; very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 00P01019