IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pullman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX045001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX045001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S12TX045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N2359
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72945
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 34.5541944
  • Std. Longitude: -101.3601667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX045—Briscoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Craig Byrd
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Torrertic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pullman
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Torrertic Paleustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 24 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/2012
  • Classifier - T. Craig Byrd
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Range Veg. Canopy Type Dominant - perennial grass
  • Range Veg. Canopy Type Secondary - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: nearly level plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R077CY022TX Deep Hardland 16-21" PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: T. Craig Byrd
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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

    BOGR2

    ARIST

    ANDRO2

    PRGLT

    BOCU

    SPCO

    AMDR

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Aristida

    Andropogon

    Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Sphaeralcea coccinea

    Amphiachyris dracunculoides

    blue grama

    threeawn

    bluestem

    western honey mesquite

    sideoats grama

    scarlet globemallow

    prairie broomweed

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    calcic horizon

    0—54

    24—203

    79—203

    177—203

    —54—

    —179—

    —124—

    —26—
    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

    0.6

    —

    —

    1027

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; low excavation difficulty; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03155; slightly moist when described; observed in push tube
    Bt1—24 to 54 centimeters (9.4 to 21.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay; 41 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; high excavation difficulty; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 24 cm with a width of 54 cm that extend above the horizon; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03156; moist when described; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112573; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112573
    Bt2—54 to 79 centimeters (21.3 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; high excavation difficulty; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 24 cm with a width of 54 cm that extend above the horizon; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03157; moist when described; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112574; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112574
    2Bt3—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 24 cm with a width of 54 cm that extend above the horizon; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03158; dry when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112575; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112575
    2Btk1—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03159; very dry when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112576; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112576
    2Btk2—140 to 177 centimeters (55.1 to 69.7 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03160; very dry when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112577; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112577
    2Btk3—177 to 203 centimeters (69.7 to 79.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) broken face, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; 5 percent carbonate clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses lining pores and 25 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses between peds; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 13N03161; very dry when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112578; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112578