IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yellowlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996TX279001
  • User Pedon ID: S96TX279001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996TX279001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0182
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68657
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 33.8298340
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4777222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX279—Lamb
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX279—Lamb County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33102-G4—Oklahoma Flat, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Vertic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Yellowlake
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yellowlake
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sodic clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: bench
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Tahoka Formation Of Pleistocene Age formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/1996 (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

    BOER4

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    black grama

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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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    1036

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01323
    A2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01324
    Bt—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; 3.0 fine and medium roots; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) organic stains and faint clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01325. continuous - phpvsfiid 821311; continuous - phpvsfiid 821311
    Bty1—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) organic stains and faint clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01326. continuous - phpvsfiid 821313; continuous - phpvsfiid 821313
    Bty2—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches);, light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; clay; 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01327
    BCy—114 to 168 centimeters (44.9 to 66.1 inches);, pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist; clay; 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01328
    C—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches);, pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist; silty clay; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 97P01329