IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ranco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 077C-P00TX305001 Ranco
  • User Pedon ID: S2000TX305001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0695
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12197
  • 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: 33.2353516
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6808777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lynn County, Texas; From the intersection of county roads 211 and 1054 east of Wilson, approximately 4.5 miles south on Highway 1054, then approximately 1000 feet east in playa.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX305—Lynn 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
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ranco
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Ustic Epiaquert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/2000
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/18/2000 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    0—271

    0—56

    28—56

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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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; 2.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 10 percent medium faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04347; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; 2.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04348
    Ap3—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); 90 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04349
    Bss1—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); 90 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate wedge structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04350
    Bss2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); 90 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate wedge structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04351
    Bss3—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate wedge structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04352
    Bss4—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; weak wedge structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04353
    Bss5—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak wedge structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04354
    Bkg1—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 3 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P04355. upper 2 inches is weakly cemented CaCO3, possibly not laterally continuous
    Bkg2—185 to 211 centimeters (72.8 to 83.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate coats; 2 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04356. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170371; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170371