IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tulia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX153002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999TX153002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999TX153002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0128
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11636
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 33.8986130
  • Std. Longitude: -101.3536148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of US Hwy 62 and US Hwy 70 in Floydada, Texas; South 7.5 miles on US Hwy 62, east 0.78 mile, north 0.6 mile.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX153—Floyd
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX153—Floyd County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SCH, JAB, TAB, LC, CN, BLA, JAC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Calcidic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tulia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tulia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Calcidic Paleustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits derived from igneous and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Blackwater Draw Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1999 (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: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACGR

    ARIST

    BOCU

    BOHI2

    BOSA

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    Acacia greggii

    Aristida

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Bouteloua hirsuta

    Bothriochloa saccharoides

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    catclaw acacia

    threeawn

    sideoats grama

    hairy grama

    silver bluestem

    sand dropseed

    yucca

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—15

    15—203

    43—188

    147—203

    —15—

    —188—

    —145—

    —56—
    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

    5

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    22

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; very fine and fine roots; 1 percent irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 10 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01002; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkk—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; very fine and fine roots; 21 percent irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 35 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01003; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btkk—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm; very fine and fine roots; distinct clay films; 21 percent irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 32 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01004; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821314; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821314
    Btk1—74 to 117 centimeters (29.1 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm; very fine roots; distinct clay films; 3 percent carbonate masses and 32 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01005; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821315; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821315
    Btk2—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; very fine roots; distinct clay films; 3 percent carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01006; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821316; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821316
    2Btk3—147 to 188 centimeters (57.9 to 74.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; faint clay films; 3 percent carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01007; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 1452958; patchy - phpvsfiid 1452958
    2BCk—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 40 percent pink (7.5YR 7/3), 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 00P01008; observed in pit, large or quarry