IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CIRCLEBACK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975TX017004
  • User Pedon ID: S1975TX017004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975TX017004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4647
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40799
  • Print Date: 3/6/2025

    • 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: 34.1556587
  • Std. Longitude: -102.9096375
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in exclosure about 50 feet west of Farm Road 1731, about 1.2 mile north of the junction between Farm Roads 1731 and 746, and about 425 feet north of gate on west side of road
  • 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: Siliceous, thermic Alfic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CIRCLEBACK
  • PSC - 33 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TIVOLI
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/1975 (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

    RHUS

    SPGI

    Rhus

    Sporobolus giganteus

    sumac

    giant 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

    3

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    1198

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    180

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    A1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35317
    A2—11 to 20 centimeters (4.3 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; 21.0 coarse roots and 3.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35318
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35319
    B21&BT—33 to 52 centimeters (13.0 to 20.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35320
    B22&BT—52 to 82 centimeters (20.5 to 32.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35321
    B31—82 to 109 centimeters (32.3 to 42.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35322
    B32—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35323
    B1B—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35324
    B2B&BTB—165 to 198 centimeters (65.0 to 78.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35325