IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Latom

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2005TX169002

User Pedon ID: S2005TX169002

Vegetation Plot ID: S2005TX169002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 06N0179

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18035

Print Date: 9/24/2024

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: 32.0096931

Std. Longitude: -101.3423080

Datum: WGS84

Country: US—United States

State: Texas

County: TX169—Garza

MLRA: 78—Central Rolling Red Plains

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33101-A3—Cooper Creek, Texas

PEDON

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

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy Aridic Lithic Haplustepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Latom

PSC - 25 to 66 cm.

Classificaton Date - 12/14/2005

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Subclass - ustic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Latom

Classificaton Date - 9/15/2005

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: residuum weathered from Triassic sandstone

Landform: ridge

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified at 50cm

Surface Fragments: quartzite, chert,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/15/2005 (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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACGR AMDR ARIST BOCU BOHI2 BOTR2 BUDA CRTE4 DAFO GUSA2 JUNIP MIAC3 OPENL PRGLG RHUS SPCR TRIDE YUCCA ZIOB	Acacia greggii Amphiachyris dracunculoides Aristida Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua hirsuta Bouteloua trifida Buchloe dactyloides Croton texensis Dalea formosa Gutierrezia sarothrae Juniperus Mimosa aculeaticarpa Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa Rhus Sporobolus cryptandrus Tridens Yucca Ziziphus obtusifolia	catclaw acacia prairie broomweed threeawn sideoats grama hairy grama red grama buffalograss Texas croton featherplume broom snakeweed juniper catclaw mimosa Texas pricklypear honey mesquite sumac sand dropseed tridens yucca lotebush	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic bedrock, lithic	— —	50 - 66 66 - 91	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon calcic horizon paralithic contact lithic contact	0—17 17—50 50—66 66—91	—- —- —- —-

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	—	—	753.3	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.1 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00585

A2—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 0.1 fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00586

Bk1—17 to 25 centimeters (6.7 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; low excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.1 fine dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume flat ? to 500-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00587

Bk2—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; 10 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; low excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.1 fine dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume flat ? to 500-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00588

Crk—50 to 66 centimeters (19.7 to 26.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) broken face, olive (5Y 4/3) broken face, moist; structureless massive; high excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 50 percent carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00589

R—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) broken face, greenish gray (10Y 6/1) broken face, moist; structureless massive; extremely high excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine roots in cracks; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 06N00590