IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018TX269001
  • User Pedon ID: S2018TX269001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N2876
  • User Project ID: 2017ABLPitch
  • Project Name: MLRA 78B - Carey-Paducah loams, Tabular Edits, Pitchfork area
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 33.5097500
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4614722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX269—King
  • MLRA: 78B—Central Rolling Red Plains, Western Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-ABL—Abilene, Texas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX269—King County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33100-E4—Pitchfork Flats, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TM,TK,ROG,RFG,LL,GSF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carey
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2018
  • Classifier - GSF
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: dissected hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Whitehorse And Cloud Chief Undivided formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: TM,TK,ROG,RFG,LL,GSF
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—44

    29—144

    44—177

    —29—

    —115—

    —133—
    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

    2

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    592

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 29 centimeters (0.0 to 11.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; common (2.0) very fine and many (3.0) fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06844
    Bt—29 to 44 centimeters (11.4 to 17.3 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; many (3.0) very fine pores; 80 percent prominent clay films; 2 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06845
    Btk1—44 to 69 centimeters (17.3 to 27.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; loam; strong medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; few (1.0) very fine and few (1.0) fine pores; 70 percent prominent clay films; 2 percent worm casts and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06846
    Btk2—69 to 85 centimeters (27.2 to 33.5 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; strong medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; few (1.0) very fine pores; 10 percent prominent carbonate coats and 20 percent prominent clay films; 10 percent worm casts and 2 percent carbonate nodules and 3 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06847
    Btk3—85 to 144 centimeters (33.5 to 56.7 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; few (1.0) very fine pores; 25 percent prominent clay films; 1 percent worm casts and 15 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06848
    BCk—144 to 177 centimeters (56.7 to 69.7 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1 percent worm casts and 5 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06849
    C—177 to 202 centimeters (69.7 to 79.5 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/8) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; loamy very fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 18N06850