IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goodleg-colo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983-TX229-002-copy
  • User Pedon ID: S1983-TX229-002-copy
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983-TX229-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0887
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53668
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 31.8563222
  • Std. Longitude: -105.1226444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hudspeth County, Texas; From the intersection of RM 2249 and RM 1576 east of Dell City, 5.35 miles south on RM 1576 to intersection with ranch road, 1.7 miles east and south on ranch road, then 50 feet southwest in range.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX229—Hudspeth
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-MAF—Marfa, Texas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX626—Culberson County, Main Part, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31105-G1—Linda Lake South, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jack Williams, Paul Finnell, and Javiar Ruiz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, gypsic, thermic Typic Petrogypsids
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goodleg-colo
  • PSC - 25 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2017
  • Classifier - Lynn Loomis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orla
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, gypsic, thermic Typic Gypsiorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R070BD252TX Salty, Desert Grassland

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATCA2

    PRGLT

    SPAI

    Atriplex canescens

    Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana

    Sporobolus airoides

    fourwing saltbush

    western honey mesquite

    alkali sacaton

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    petrogypsic

    weakly coherent

    84 - 133

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    gypsic horizon

    salt accumulations

    lithologic discontinuity

    petrogypsic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—2

    2—2

    2—84

    2—133

    66—66

    84—105

    84—84

    121—121

    155—155

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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

    0

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    1106

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    A—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); loam; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04526; observed in trench. effervescence is continuous
    2Byyz—2 to 20 centimeters (0.8 to 7.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; Error;—Error in Exists On—structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; l of Field texture class; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04527; observed in trench. effervescence is continuous
    2Byz1—20 to 39 centimeters (7.9 to 15.4 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; gypsiferous fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; SCL of field texture class; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04528; observed in trench. effervescence is continuous
    2Byz2—39 to 66 centimeters (15.4 to 26.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; gypsiferous fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; FSL of field texture class; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04529; observed in trench. effervescence is continuous
    3Byz3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; gypsiferous fine sandy loam; slightly hard, friable; fragments; CL of field texture class; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04530; observed in trench. effervescence is continuous
    4Byzm—84 to 105 centimeters (33.1 to 41.3 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; cemented material; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; very hard, very firm, weakly coherent; fragments; scl of Field texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04531; observed in trench. few 7.5YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    5B'yz—105 to 121 centimeters (41.3 to 47.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; gypsiferous fine sandy loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) mottles; hard, firm; fragments; scl of Field texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04532; observed in trench. few 7.5YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    6Cz1—121 to 133 centimeters (47.6 to 52.4 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) mottles; hard, firm; fragments; lfs of Field texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04533; observed in trench. few 7.5YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    6C2—133 to 155 centimeters (52.4 to 61.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; fine sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04534; observed in trench. effervescence is continuous
    7Byym—155 to 160 centimeters (61.0 to 63.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; cemented material; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) mottles; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately coherent; fragments; scl of Field texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04535; observed in trench. few 10YR81 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    8B''y—160 to 195 centimeters (63.0 to 76.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) mottles; extremely hard, extremely firm; fragments; scl of Field texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04536; observed in trench. few 7.5YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    9Bk1—195 to 232 centimeters (76.8 to 91.3 inches); pale red (2.5YR 7/2) interior, pale red (2.5YR 6/2) interior, moist; clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) mottles; hard, firm; fragments; SICL of Field texture class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04537; observed in trench. few 10YR72 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    9Bk2—232 to 250 centimeters (91.3 to 98.4 inches); pale red (2.5YR 7/2) interior, pale red (2.5YR 6/2) interior, moist; clay loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) mottles; extremely hard, extremely firm; fragments; SICL of Field texture class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 83P04538; observed in trench. few 7.5YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous