IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Notrees
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX501010
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX501010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S12TX501010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7785
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55271
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.3748245
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7324448
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Yoakum County, Texas; from the intersection of U.S. Highway 380 and State Highway 214 in Plains, 15 miles North on State Highway 214, 4 miles east on County Road 260, 1 mile south on ranch road, 1 mile east on ranch road, 0.7 mile south on ranch road, 57 ft west of ranch road in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX501—Yoakum
  • MLRA: 77D—Southern High Plains, Southwestern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX501—Yoakum County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33102-C6—Plains 1 SW, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: 77 Staff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, superactive, thermic Arenic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Notrees
  • PSC - 72 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/2018
  • Classifier - Richard Gelnar
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Notrees
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: broad interdune on sand sheet on plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Blackwater Draw formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/14/2011 (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

    ARFI2

    QUHA3

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    Artemisia filifolia

    Quercus havardii

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    sand sagebrush

    Havard oak

    sand dropseed

    yucca

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox concentrations

    0—72

    72—89

    89—142

    89—203

    142—203

    142—203

    —72—

    —17—

    —53—

    —114—

    —61—

    —61—
    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

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; fine sand; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N01817
    A2—15 to 44 centimeters (5.9 to 17.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sand; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N01818
    E—44 to 72 centimeters (17.3 to 28.3 inches); pink (5YR 7/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), moist; fine sand; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N01819
    Bt—72 to 89 centimeters (28.3 to 35.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; fine sandy loam; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent very fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), dry, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N01820. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821690; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821690
    Bk—89 to 142 centimeters (35.0 to 55.9 inches); white (7.5YR 9.5/1), white (7.5YR 9.5/1), moist; fine sandy loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 30 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses between peds and 8 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N01821
    2Ab—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sand; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent distinct sand coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), dry, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 2 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses on faces of peds and 5 percent medium irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N01822. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821691; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 821691
    2BCk—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sand; 3 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), dry, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores; and 4 percent medium irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 12N01823