IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acuff
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980TX303002
  • User Pedon ID: 80TX303002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48302
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 33.6908340
  • Std. Longitude: -101.8211136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lubbock County, TX: 1 mi E on Farm Rd 1294 from intersection w/ US Hwy 87, 297 meters S & 188 meters W in research plot.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX303—Lubbock
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Acuff
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Acuff
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; very hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00006. Few pockets of clean sand grains.; common fine roots
    1A12—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; massive; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00007. few fine roots
    1B21t—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00008. common fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 229079; continuous - phpvsfiid 229079
    1B22t—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00009. few fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 229080; continuous - phpvsfiid 229080
    1B23t—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00010. Few threads and soft masses of white CaCO3.; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 229081; patchy - phpvsfiid 229081
    1B24tca—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); pink (5YR 7/3) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00011. Estimated 30 to 40 percent by volume of soft masses white CaCO3, few fine concretions.; very few fine roots
    1B25tca—152 to 198 centimeters (59.8 to 78.0 inches); pink (5YR 8/3) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00012. Estimated 60 to 70 percent by volume white CaCO3 about 20 percent concretions up to 5 cm in diameter.
    1B26tca—198 to 267 centimeters (78.0 to 105.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P00013. Estimated 30 to 40 percent by volume of white CaCO3, few fine concretions.; patchy - phpvsfiid 229082; patchy - phpvsfiid 229082