IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Posey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975TX017003
  • User Pedon ID: S1975TX017003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975TX017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4648
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41350
  • 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: 34.1459351
  • Std. Longitude: -102.9099197
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in exclosure about 160 feet west of Farm Road 1731, about .5 mile north of the junction between Farm Roads 1731 and 746
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX017—Bailey
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX017—Bailey County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. H. Gile
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Posey
  • PSC - 19 to 42 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - POSEY
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMPS

    BELY

    GACO5

    GUTIE

    MUTO2

    OPUNT

    OPUNT

    SPCOE

    ZINNI

    Ambrosia psilostachya

    Berlandiera lyrata

    Gaura coccinea

    Gutierrezia

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Opuntia

    Opuntia

    Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. elata

    Zinnia

    Cuman ragweed

    lyreleaf greeneyes

    scarlet beeblossom

    snakeweed

    ring muhly

    pricklypear

    pricklypear

    scarlet globemallow

    zinnia

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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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35326
    B1—5 to 19 centimeters (2.0 to 7.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35327
    B2TCA—19 to 42 centimeters (7.5 to 16.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35328
    C1CA—42 to 65 centimeters (16.5 to 25.6 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35329
    C2CA—65 to 94 centimeters (25.6 to 37.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35330
    C3CA—94 to 133 centimeters (37.0 to 52.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 8/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35331
    C4CA—133 to 161 centimeters (52.4 to 63.4 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35332
    C5CA—161 to 181 centimeters (63.4 to 71.3 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and pink (7.5YR 8/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35333
    C6CA—181 to 197 centimeters (71.3 to 77.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), light gray (10YR 7/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; extremely hard, extremely firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35334
    B1TCAB—197 to 224 centimeters (77.6 to 88.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35335
    B21TCAB—224 to 250 centimeters (88.2 to 98.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35336
    B22TCAB—250 to 286 centimeters (98.4 to 112.6 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; coarse angular blocky, and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35337