IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Levelland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 077C-S99TX445002 Levelland
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX445002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0693
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12195
  • 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: 32.9615250
  • Std. Longitude: -102.2335052
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX445—Terry
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX445—Terry County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MLRA77 Survey Staff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Aridic Ustifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Levelland
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Levelland
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits over loamy alluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for very brief periods begining in may
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Blackwater Draw Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Draw (077EY023TX)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—43

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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
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    Ap—0 to 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04332; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C—27 to 43 centimeters (10.6 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04333. clay lense 0.5 inch thick on top of C horizon;
    Apb—43 to 80 centimeters (16.9 to 31.5 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04334
    Ab—80 to 91 centimeters (31.5 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04335
    Btb1—91 to 149 centimeters (35.8 to 58.7 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine moderately coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04336. continuous - phpvsfiid 170316; continuous - phpvsfiid 170316
    Btb2—149 to 174 centimeters (58.7 to 68.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine moderately coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04337. continuous - phpvsfiid 170317; continuous - phpvsfiid 170317
    Bkb—174 to 220 centimeters (68.5 to 86.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent coarse spherical strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout and 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 00P04338. patchy - phpvsfiid 170318; patchy - phpvsfiid 170318