IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alibates
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997TX065002
  • User Pedon ID: S1997TX065002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997TX065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0385
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10655
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.5994970
  • Std. Longitude: -101.5830350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Carson County, Texas; On the east side of Fritch, take Texas Farm to Market Road 687 south 2.3 mi., turn west for 0.7 miles; then south 0.3 miles just across cattleguard. Turn west onto ranch road and follow main road turning NW for approximately 0.8 miles. Then approximately 100 ft north.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX065—Carson
  • MLRA: 77E—Southern High Plains, Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX065—Carson County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35101-E5—Deal, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TCB-FBP-WMR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alibates (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/29/2016
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alibates
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits over loamy slope alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain remnant
  • Landform: interfluve on erosion remnant
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Ogallala Formation formation.
  • 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
    R077EY051TX Clay Loam 16-24" PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1997 (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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    A

    A

    A

    A

    A

    A

    0

    20

    48

    69

    99

    157

    191

    20

    48

    69

    99

    157

    191

    203

    98P02248

    98P02249

    98P02250

    98P02251

    98P02252

    98P02253

    98P02254

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    20.1

    30

    22.4

    19.4

    16.3

    10.7

    9.7

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    2.6

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    2.1

    28.3

    34.9

    35.5

    33.6

    27.8

    16.5

    14.8

    6.9

    11.9

    12.8

    9.2

    5.9

    3.7

    4.1

    21.4

    23

    22.7

    24.4

    21.9

    12.8

    10.7

    51.6

    35.1

    42.1

    47

    55.3

    72.8

    75.5

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    0.2

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    0.8

    0.5

    0.6

    0.8

    0.6

    2

    1

    18.3

    11.1

    13.1

    15

    18.6

    32.7

    32.3

    20

    12.4

    15.8

    17.6

    20.5

    26.5

    31.3

    12.4

    11.1

    12.5

    13.6

    15.6

    11.4

    10.9

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    A

    A

    A

    A

    A

    A

    0

    20

    48

    69

    99

    157

    191

    20

    48

    69

    99

    157

    191

    203

    98P02248

    98P02249

    98P02250

    98P02251

    98P02252

    98P02253

    98P02254

    7

    7.4

    7.8

    7.8

    7.9

    8

    8.1

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    0.04

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    0.6

    0.5

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    A

    A

    A

    A

    A

    A

    0

    20

    48

    69

    99

    157

    191

    20

    48

    69

    99

    157

    191

    203

    98P02248

    98P02249

    98P02250

    98P02251

    98P02252

    98P02253

    98P02254

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BUDA

    PAOB

    BOCU

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Buchloe dactyloides

    Panicum obtusum

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    blue grama

    buffalograss

    vine mesquite

    sideoats grama

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—46

    18—46

    48—203

    191—203

    —46—

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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

    2

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    1007

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    90

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02248; observed in pit, small
    Bt—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; faint clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02249; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1393487; continuous - phpvsfiid 1393487
    Btk1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02250; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1393488; continuous - phpvsfiid 1393488
    Btk2—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02251; observed in pit, small. some CaCO3 concentrations are vertically elongated; continuous - phpvsfiid 1393489; continuous - phpvsfiid 1393489
    Btk3—99 to 157 centimeters (39.0 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent fine dendritic carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02252; observed in pit, small. some CaCo3 concentrations are vertically elongated; continuous - phpvsfiid 1393490; continuous - phpvsfiid 1393490
    Btk4—157 to 191 centimeters (61.8 to 75.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; clay films on faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02253; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1393491; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1393491
    Btk5—191 to 203 centimeters (75.2 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; very fine sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 1 percent fine strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout and 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 98P02254; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1393492; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1393492