IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pullman

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S12TX065001

User Pedon ID: S2012TX065001

Vegetation Plot ID: S12TX065001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Pedon # - 13N2360

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72822

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: 35.3086111

Std. Longitude: -101.4900278

Datum: WGS84

PEDON

Describers Name: T. Craig Byrd

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Torrertic Paleustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Pullman

PSC - 23 to 73 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/2/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: clayey eolian deposits

Landscape: plateau

Landform: 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: 9/11/2012 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover

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
AMPS BOGR2 BUDA CIRSI HOPU OPENL SALSO SOEL	Ambrosia psilostachya Bouteloua gracilis Buchloe dactyloides Cirsium Hordeum pusillum Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri Salsola Solanum elaeagnifolium	Cuman ragweed blue grama buffalograss thistle little barley Texas pricklypear Russian thistle silverleaf nightshade	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon lithologic discontinuity calcic horizon	0—47 23—203 76—203 120—203	—47— —180— —127— —83—

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
0.8	—	—	1079	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; common (10.0) fine roots throughout; 3 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 8 cm with a width of 2 cm that extend above the horizon; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.

Bt1—23 to 47 centimeters (9.1 to 18.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay; 42 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; high excavation difficulty; common (5.0) fine roots throughout; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03163. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112568; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112568

Bt2—47 to 76 centimeters (18.5 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; few (3.0) fine roots throughout; 45 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03164. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112569; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112569

2Bt3—76 to 120 centimeters (29.9 to 47.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; few (2.0) fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112570; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112570

2Btkk1—120 to 156 centimeters (47.2 to 61.4 inches); pink (5YR 8/4) broken face, pink (5YR 7/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; 18 percent carbonate clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 6 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 13 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 5 percent fine irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout and 40 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1112571; patchy - phpvsfiid 1112571

2Btkk2—156 to 203 centimeters (61.4 to 79.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) broken face, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) broken face, moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; 15 percent carbonate clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 9 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 5 percent fine irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout and 35 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence. patchy - phpvsfiid 1112572; patchy - phpvsfiid 1112572