IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sherm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984TX341001
  • User Pedon ID: S1984TX341001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0174
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55890
  • 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: 35.8525009
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6666641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 16 miles east of Dumas.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX341—Moore

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Torrertic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sherm
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/6/2015
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sherm
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—50

    20—157

    157—229

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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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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00864. many roots
    Ap2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00865
    Bt1—20 to 50 centimeters (7.9 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.5 roots; 15 percent pressure faces and 37 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00866. common clay films surface features; few pressure faces surface features; common roots
    Bt2—50 to 86 centimeters (19.7 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.5 roots; 15 percent pressure faces and 37 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00867. common clay films surface features; few pressure faces surface features; common roots
    Bt3—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 roots; 37 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00868. Common streaks of 10YR 3/3.; common clay films surface features; few roots
    Btk1—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 roots; 37 percent clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 85P00869. Few threads and films of calcium carbonate.; common clay films surface features; few roots
    Btk2—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent clay films; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00870. Few threads and films of calcium carbonate.; common clay films surface features; few fine roots
    Bkk1—157 to 195 centimeters (61.8 to 76.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; clay; weak medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 tubular pores; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 85P00871. 55% calcium carbonate
    Bkk2—195 to 229 centimeters (76.8 to 90.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 85P00872. 40% calcium carbonate.
    Bk1—229 to 305 centimeters (90.2 to 120.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 85P00873. 20% calcium carbonate.
    Bk2—305 to 335 centimeters (120.1 to 131.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 85P00874
    Btkb—335 to 366 centimeters (131.9 to 144.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; hard, friable; 15 percent clay films; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 85P00875. 10% calcium carbonate.; few clay films surface features; patchy - phpvsfiid 359059; patchy - phpvsfiid 359059
    B'k—366 to 381 centimeters (144.1 to 150.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior, moist; clay loam; hard, friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 85P00876