IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acuff
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995TX305001
  • User Pedon ID: S1995TX305001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0858
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67865
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 33.1255569
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9372253
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX305—Lynn County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Acuff
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1995
  • Classifier - Acuff
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—96

    99—231

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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
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    ustic moisture
    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; few (0.5) fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05441
    A—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05442
    B—38 to 60 centimeters (15.0 to 23.6 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) fine vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05443
    B1—60 to 91 centimeters (23.6 to 35.8 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) medium and common (3.0) fine vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 45 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and in pores and 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05444
    B2—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; few (0.5) fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05445
    B1—114 to 150 centimeters (44.9 to 59.1 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05446
    B2—150 to 220 centimeters (59.1 to 86.6 inches);, reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine vesicular and tubular pores; 5 percent fine and medium spherical light gray (10YR 7/1); fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05447
    2B—220 to 245 centimeters (86.6 to 96.5 inches);, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.5) fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 95P05448