IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sprone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011TX369002
  • User Pedon ID: S2011TX369002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0473
  • 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: 34.4186139
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5805333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX369—Parmer
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Craig Byrd, Todd Carr, Seth Sowder, Alain Basurco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Torrifluventic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sprone
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/2011
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sprone
  • Classificaton Date - 3/2/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain on plateau
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/2/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—42

    42—203

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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

    2.5

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    A1—0 to 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    A2—27 to 42 centimeters (10.6 to 16.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.
    2Bw1—42 to 75 centimeters (16.5 to 29.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 1 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    3Bw2—75 to 122 centimeters (29.5 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 1 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    4Bw3—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 19 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 1 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.
    4Bw4—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.