IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spade

OSD

Series Extent

Local Phase: shallow

User Site ID: S2005TX033002

User Pedon ID: S2005TX033002

Vegetation Plot ID: S2005TX033002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 06N0176

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18032

Print Date: 11/26/2024

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: 32.6569443

Std. Longitude: -101.4286652

Datum: WGS84

Country: US—United States

State: Texas

County: TX033—Borden

MLRA: 78—Central Rolling Red Plains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX033—Borden County, Texas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32101-F4—Mushaway Peak, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: ALS, JAG, TRD, WJG, SCH, RMR

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, superactive, thermic, shallow Aridic Haplustepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Spade

PSC - 25 to 40 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/23/2016

Classifier - Carlos J. Villarreal

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Spade

Classificaton Date - 9/13/2005

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

QA Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: loamy residuum weathered from calcareous sandstone of Triassic age

Landscape: dissected plains

Landform: hill

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: weakly cemented sandstone, unspecified at 40cm with 10 to <45

Geology: Triassic-dockum group .

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/13/2005 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: ALS, JAG, TRD, WJG, SCH, RMR

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby

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
ARIST BOGR2 BOHI2 CHCU2 EPHED MIAC3 OPENL PRGLG YUCCA	Aristida Bouteloua gracilis Bouteloua hirsuta Chloris cucullata Ephedra Mimosa aculeaticarpa Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa Yucca	threeawn blue grama hairy grama hooded windmill grass jointfir catclaw mimosa Texas pricklypear honey mesquite yucca	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic densic material	weakly cemented noncoherent	40 - 200 89 - 200	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon paralithic contact densic materials	0—10 10—21 40—89 89—200	—- —- —- —-

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
3	—	—	726	—	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; low excavation difficulty; 0.1 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00564

Bw—10 to 21 centimeters (3.9 to 8.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; low excavation difficulty; 0.1 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00565

C/B—21 to 40 centimeters (8.3 to 15.7 inches); yellow (5Y 7/6) broken face, olive (5Y 5/6) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 11 percent clay; structureless massive, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine roots in cracks; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00566

Cr—40 to 89 centimeters (15.7 to 35.0 inches); yellow (5Y 7/6) broken face, olive (5Y 5/6) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, friable; low excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00567

2Cdk/Cr1—89 to 155 centimeters (35.0 to 61.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) broken face and yellow (2.5Y 7/8) broken face, olive (5Y 5/3) broken face and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) broken face, moist; stratified stratified clay loam to loamy sand; structureless massive; very hard, extremely firm; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent fine and medium carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00568

2Cdk/Cr2—155 to 200 centimeters (61.0 to 78.7 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) broken face and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, olive (5Y 5/3) broken face and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; stratified stratified clay loam to loamy sand; structureless massive; very hard, extremely firm; low excavation difficulty; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 06N00569