IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ranco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 077C-P00TX303001 Ranco
  • User Pedon ID: S2000TX303001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 077C-P00TX303001 Ranco
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0697
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12199
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 33.6565285
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0351944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lubbock County, Texas; From the intersection of Highways 179 and 2641 near Shallowater, 1.5 miles west on 2641, then 0.35 mile north of farm raod to east-central part of playa.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX303—Lubbock
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX303—Lubbock County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WEC, SCH, JKA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Ustic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ranco
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ranco
  • Classificaton Date - 1/20/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/20/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ECCR

    ELEOC

    POLYG4

    SAGIT

    Echinochloa crus-galli

    Eleocharis

    Polygonum

    Sagittaria

    barnyardgrass

    spikerush

    knotweed

    arrowhead

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

    aquic conditions

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    0—231

    0—76

    76—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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    1077

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    360

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) clay; moderate fine granular structure; 7.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04362; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 7.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04363
    Bw2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 7.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04364. The horizon has 7.5YR 3/3 sand lenses.
    Bkss1—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); 90 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 10 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine prominent black (5YR 2.5/1) iron-manganese nodules; 2 percent fine carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04365
    Bkss2—114 to 160 centimeters (44.9 to 63.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses and 2 percent fine carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04366
    Bkss3—160 to 196 centimeters (63.0 to 77.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses and 2 percent fine carbonate nodules and 2 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04367
    Bkss4—196 to 231 centimeters (77.2 to 90.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 2 percent fine carbonate nodules and 2 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04368