IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reyab
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008-TX109-025
  • User Pedon ID: S2008-TX109-025
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S08-TX109-025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S08TX109025
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45591
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 31.2715473
  • Std. Longitude: -104.5500107
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX109—Culberson
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-MAF—Marfa, Texas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX626—Culberson County, Main Part, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31104-C5—Seven Heart Gap, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Hallmark, Jim Clausen, James Gordon, Tyson Morley, Deanna Faubion, and Riley Dayberry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Reyab
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/2015
  • Classifier - Lynn Loomis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reyab
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone, unspecified
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter limestone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/9/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    A

    A

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bw3

    Bw3

    Bw3

    Bk1

    Bk1

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk2

    Bk2

    Bk3

    Bk3

    Bk3

    Bk4

    Bk4

    Bk4

    0

    0

    0

    8

    8

    8

    34

    34

    34

    61

    61

    61

    79

    79

    79

    106

    106

    106

    134

    134

    134

    184

    184

    184

    8

    8

    8

    34

    34

    34

    61

    61

    61

    79

    79

    79

    106

    106

    106

    134

    134

    134

    184

    184

    184

    203

    203

    203

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    A

    A

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bw3

    Bw3

    Bw3

    Bk1

    Bk1

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk2

    Bk2

    Bk3

    Bk3

    Bk3

    Bk4

    Bk4

    Bk4

    0

    0

    0

    8

    8

    8

    34

    34

    34

    61

    61

    61

    79

    79

    79

    106

    106

    106

    134

    134

    134

    184

    184

    184

    8

    8

    8

    34

    34

    34

    61

    61

    61

    79

    79

    79

    106

    106

    106

    134

    134

    134

    184

    184

    184

    203

    203

    203

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    A

    A

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bw3

    Bw3

    Bw3

    Bk1

    Bk1

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk2

    Bk2

    Bk3

    Bk3

    Bk3

    Bk4

    Bk4

    Bk4

    0

    0

    0

    8

    8

    8

    34

    34

    34

    61

    61

    61

    79

    79

    79

    106

    106

    106

    134

    134

    134

    184

    184

    184

    8

    8

    8

    34

    34

    34

    61

    61

    61

    79

    79

    79

    106

    106

    106

    134

    134

    134

    184

    184

    184

    203

    203

    203

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    17

    17

    24

    25

    25

    20

    19

    11

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

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    5

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GUSA2

    FLCE

    LATR2

    SCBR2

    PRGLT

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Flourensia cernua

    Larrea tridentata

    Scleropogon brevifolius

    Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana

    broom snakeweed

    American tarwort

    creosote bush

    burrograss

    western honey mesquite

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—8

    8—79

    79—200

    —8—

    —71—

    —121—

    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

    1.5

    1289

    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; sil of Field Texture Class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7313; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 34 centimeters (3.1 to 13.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; sil of Field Texture Class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7314; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—34 to 61 centimeters (13.4 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; sil of Field Texture Class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7315; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; sil of Field Texture Class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7316; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—79 to 106 centimeters (31.1 to 41.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; sil of Field Texture Class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7317; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—106 to 134 centimeters (41.7 to 52.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; sil of Field Texture Class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7318; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk3—134 to 184 centimeters (52.8 to 72.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; sil of Field Texture Class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7319; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk4—184 to 200 centimeters (72.4 to 78.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, moist; loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 3 percent fine faint noncoherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; sil of Field Texture Class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter. Lab sample # TAMU7320; dry when described; observed in pit, small