IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CIRCLEBACK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975TX017005
  • User Pedon ID: S1975TX017005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975TX017005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4649
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41351
  • Print Date: 12/18/2024

    • 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: 34.1570473
  • Std. Longitude: -102.9096375
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in exclosure about 130 feet west of Farm Road 1731, about 1.3 miles north of the junction between Farm Roads 1731 and 746, and 800 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CIRCLEBACK
  • PSC - 39 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • 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

    ARFI2

    ERCU

    HOFFM

    HOFFM

    SPCR

    SPCR

    SPFL2

    Artemisia filifolia

    Eragrostis curtipedicellata

    Hoffmannseggia

    Hoffmannseggia

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sporobolus flexuosus

    sand sagebrush

    gummy lovegrass

    rushpea

    rushpea

    sand dropseed

    sand dropseed

    mesa 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

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35338
    A2—13 to 39 centimeters (5.1 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35339
    B21&BT—39 to 56 centimeters (15.4 to 22.0 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 # 40A35340
    B22&BT—56 to 82 centimeters (22.0 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 # 40A35341
    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; 0.1 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35342
    B32&BT—109 to 139 centimeters (42.9 to 54.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35343
    C—139 to 181 centimeters (54.7 to 71.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35344
    B11TB—181 to 208 centimeters (71.3 to 81.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35345
    B12TB—208 to 226 centimeters (81.9 to 89.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35346
    B2TB—226 to 247 centimeters (89.0 to 97.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.1 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35347