IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dermott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003-TX415-004
  • User Pedon ID: S2003TX415004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16455
  • 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: 32.7931099
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0811691
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of US 180 and US 208 in downtown Snyder, go north on US 208 for 1.6 miles to US 84, go northwest on US 84 for 10.5 miles to county road 2126, go west on C.R. 2126 for 3.1 miles to private ranch road, go south on ranch road 4.7 miles then .5 miles southwest on ranch road, site is .2 miles south in rangeland.
  • Map Unit: Pt—Dermott gravelly fine sandy loam, 3 to 20 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX415—Scurry
  • MLRA: 78—Central Rolling Red Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX415—Scurry County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32101-G1—Dermott, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ALS, JAG, RMR, DDR, WJG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic, shallow Petrocalcic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dermott (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 0 to 31 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Potter
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, thermic Petrocalcic Calciustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 31 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Landscape: alluvial plain remnant
  • Landform: hill
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Ogallala formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 2- to 150-millimeter petrocalcic fragments,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: SS 18
  • 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
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    petrocalcic

    indurated

    31 - 39

    2 - 5 - 7
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    petrocalcic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—31

    31—103

    31—211

    31—211

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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

    4

    250

    100

    784

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    180

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 20-?-75 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 5-?-20 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00812; observed in trench
    A2—12 to 31 centimeters (4.7 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 5-?-20 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-?-300 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 20-?-75 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00813; observed in trench
    Bkm—31 to 39 centimeters (12.2 to 15.4 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; cemented material; structureless massive; extremely hard, indurated; brittle; very high excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots top of horizon and 1.0 medium roots top of horizon and 2.0 fine roots top of horizon; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00814; observed in trench
    Bkm—39 to 103 centimeters (15.4 to 40.6 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; cemented extremely gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; extremely hard, strongly coherent; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent coarse distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout and 20 percent medium distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter calcrete (caliche) fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-?-20 millimeter calcrete (caliche) fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 5-?-20 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-?-300 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 20-?-75 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00815; observed in trench
    Bk—103 to 211 centimeters (40.6 to 83.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; cemented extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; hard, moderately coherent; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent coarse distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout and 20 percent medium distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout; fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 5-?-20 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter calcrete (caliche) fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-?-300 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-?-20 millimeter calcrete (caliche) fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 20-?-75 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 04N00816; observed in trench