IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Texroy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: loam
  • User Site ID: S2017OK045006
  • User Pedon ID: S2017OK045006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2017OK045006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N0089
  • User Project ID: 2017WOD-MLRA77E-006
  • Project Name: MLRA 77E - Mansic clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 36.4870500
  • Std. Longitude: -99.7176333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NE/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK045—Ellis
  • MLRA: 77E—Southern High Plains, Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK045—Ellis County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36099-D6—Fargo NW, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven L McGowen, Chris P Hobbs, Justin T Morgan, Troy L Collier, Colin Walden, KM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Texroy
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/2018
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Texroy
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/2017
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy slope alluvium and/or loamy eolian deposits over colluvium derived from arenaceous limestone
  • Landscape: dissected high plains
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • 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
    R077EY056OK Loamy Upland 16-24" PZ
  • Vegplot Text Note(s): Texroy sample site north of Fargo, OK S2017OK045006 Sodbound blue grama and buffalograss. Longterm overgrazing. Sodgrass alternative state. Grasses Buffalograss 37% Blue Grama 27% Sideoats Grama 12% Per Threeawn 9% Silver Bluestem 6% Puffsheath Dropseed Tufted Lovegrass Tumble Windmill Forbs Hairy Goldenaster 6% Annual Broomweed Dotted Gayfeather Western Ragweed Heathaster Silverleaf Nightshade Texas Croton Scarlet Globemallow Halfshrub Sundrops Monarda citriodora Shrubs Sand Sagebrush Average DW of samples 77% All data sheets are stores in ES Folders on OK state office server.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/2017 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: SLM, CPH, JTM, TLC, CW, KM
  • 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
  • Kind of Land: rangeland
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMPS

    ARPU9

    BOCU

    BODA2

    BOGR2

    BOLA2

    CASE12

    CHVE2

    CRTE4

    ERPE

    GUDR2

    HECA8

    LIPU

    MOCI

    SOEL

    SPCO

    SPNE2

    SYER

    Ambrosia psilostachya

    Aristida purpurea

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Bouteloua dactyloides

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bothriochloa laguroides

    Calylophus serrulatus

    Chloris verticillata

    Croton texensis

    Eragrostis pectinacea

    Gutierrezia dracunculoides

    Heterotheca canescens

    Liatris punctata

    Monarda citriodora

    Solanum elaeagnifolium

    Sphaeralcea coccinea

    Sporobolus neglectus

    Symphyotrichum ericoides

    Cuman ragweed

    purple threeawn

    sideoats grama

    buffalograss

    blue grama

    silver beardgrass

    yellow sundrops

    tumble windmill grass

    Texas croton

    tufted lovegrass

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    hoary false goldenaster

    dotted blazing star

    lemon beebalm

    silverleaf nightshade

    scarlet globemallow

    puffsheath dropseed

    white heath aster

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    calcic horizon

    0—109

    15—109

    81—213

    109—213

    150—213

    —109—

    —94—

    —132—

    —104—

    —63—
    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

    4

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    710.8

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 6.0 fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent medium faint noncoherent cemented worm casts with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N00569; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—15 to 45 centimeters (5.9 to 17.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; loam; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium faint noncoherent cemented worm casts with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N00570; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617024; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617024
    Bt2—45 to 81 centimeters (17.7 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium faint noncoherent cemented worm casts with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N00571; slightly moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617025; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617025
    Btk—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.1 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent fine and medium prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium faint noncoherent cemented worm casts with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; first stage carbonates developed in the fine earth fraction; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N00572; slightly dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617026; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617027; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617026; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617027
    2Bk—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.1 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 2 percent fine and medium prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter carbonate nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 5-15-20 millimeter carbonate nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method; first stage carbonates developed in the fine earth fraction; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N00573; slightly dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617028; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617028
    2BCk—150 to 213 centimeters (59.1 to 83.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3) broken face, light brown (7.5YR 6/3) broken face, moist; gravelly loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 0.1 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 3 percent fine and medium prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter calcrete (caliche) fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter calcrete (caliche) fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 5-15-20 millimeter calcrete (caliche) fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 20-50-75 millimeter calcrete (caliche) fragments observed by visual inspection method; first stage carbonates developed in the fine earth fraction; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 18N00574; slightly dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617029; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1617029