IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Drake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX219002
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX219002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999TX219002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0131
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11639
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 33.7836113
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3166656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX219—Hockley
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX219—Hockley County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SCH, JAB, TCB, JAC, BLA, LC, CN
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Drake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy Aridic Ustochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: dune
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOSA

    Bothriochloa saccharoides

    silver bluestem

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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

    2

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; soft; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 00P01020
    Bw—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 00P01021. 1-2 inch layer base of Bw similar to Bwb horizon.
    Ab—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 00P01022. 1-2 inch layer base of Bw similar to Bwb horizon.
    Bwb—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 00P01023. vertical CaCO3 stringers along root channels or prism faces into Ab horizon (similar situation base of Bw1 but only 2-3inch into Ab horizon).
    Ab—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 00P01024
    Bwb1—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P01025
    Bwb2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 00P01026