IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Friona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S13TX317001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013TX317001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S13TX317001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0322
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73118
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 35.2591944
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9876944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX317—Martin
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Craig Byrd
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Petrocalcic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Friona
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Petrocalcic Paleustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • 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: 6/26/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Lubbock SSS
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • 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

    ACGR

    BOGR2

    BUDA

    PRGLT

    Acacia greggii

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Buchloe dactyloides

    Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana

    catclaw acacia

    blue grama

    buffalograss

    western honey mesquite

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    petrocalcic

    indurated

    76 - 100

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    petrocalcic horizon

    0—20

    20—76

    59—76

    76—100

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    —56—

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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

    0.5

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    855

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01698
    Bt—20 to 39 centimeters (7.9 to 15.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01699. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1237071; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1237071
    Btk1—39 to 59 centimeters (15.4 to 23.2 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; few fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent very fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01700. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1237072; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1237072
    Btk2—59 to 76 centimeters (23.2 to 29.9 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4) interior, light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; few very fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 10 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout and 8 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01701. patchy - phpvsfiid 1237073; patchy - phpvsfiid 1237073
    Bkkm—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); white (2.5YR 8/1) exterior, white (2.5YR 8/1) exterior, moist; cemented material; massive; carbonates present, nonsticky, nonplastic; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments; sixth stage carbonates developed in the fine earth fraction; violent effervescence.