IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Drake
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1999TX219002
User Pedon ID:
99TX219002
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1999TX219002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
00P0131
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
11639
Print Date:
12/11/2024
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:
33.7836113
Std. Longitude:
-102.3166656
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, JAC, BLA, LC, CN
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 -
Drake
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy Aridic Ustochrepts
Classificaton Date -
9/15/1999
Moisture Class -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
sandhills
Landform:
dune
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 -
other grass/herbaceous cover
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
BOSA
Bothriochloa saccharoides
silver bluestem
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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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Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; soft; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 00P01020
Bw—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 00P01021. 1-2 inch layer base of Bw similar to Bwb horizon.
Ab—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 00P01022. 1-2 inch layer base of Bw similar to Bwb horizon.
Bwb—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 00P01023. vertical CaCO3 stringers along root channels or prism faces into Ab horizon (similar situation base of Bw1 but only 2-3inch into Ab horizon).
Ab—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 00P01024
Bwb1—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P01025
Bwb2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 00P01026