
Major Land Resource Area 067B
Central High Plains, Southern Part
Accessed: 03/31/2023
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock deeper than 40 inches from the soil surface
- <15% rock fragments on the surface and/or in the subsoil
- Surface and subsoil textures other than sandy
- No visible salts present in the soil profile or on the soil surface
- <6% slope
- Other surface texture
- Calcium carbonates at the surface
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Key Characteristics
- Additional run-on moisture
- No redoximorphic features and/or water table within 4 feet of the soil surface
- Not subject to flooding
- Closed depression or playa that may pool water
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock deeper than 40 inches from the soil surface
- <15% rock fragments on the surface and/or in the subsoil
- Sandy surface and subsoil textures (sand, loamy sand, sandy loam)
- No rough, steep, dune-type appearance
- >5% slope with undulating/rolling topography
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock deeper than 40 inches from the soil surface
- <15% rock fragments on the surface and/or in the subsoil
- Sandy surface and subsoil textures (sand, loamy sand, sandy loam)
- Rough, steep, dune-type appearance (cat-steps or terracettes are typically apparent)
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock deeper than 40 inches from the soil surface
- <15% rock fragments on the surface and/or in the subsoil
- Sandy surface and subsoil textures (sand, loamy sand, sandy loam)
- No rough, steep, dune-type appearance
- <5% slope with nearly level topography
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Key Characteristics
- Additional run-on moisture
- Redoximorphic features and/or a water table within 4 feet of the soil surface
- No visible salts present in the soil profile or on the soil surface
- Not located in the channel of a river/creek or on the floodplain next to the river/creek
- Subsoil textures of coarse sand, fine sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, and/or loamy fine sand
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Key Characteristics
- Additional run-on moisture
- No redoximorphic features and/or water table within 4 feet of the soil surface
- Subject to flooding (rare, occasional, frequent, or very frequent)
- Subsoil textures of coarse sand, sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
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Key Characteristics
- Additional run-on moisture
- No redoximorphic features and/or water table within 4 feet of the soil surface
- Not subject to flooding
- 'Slickspots' or bare areas of high sodium and surface textures of loam, clay loam, or clay
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Key Characteristics
- Additional run-on moisture
- Redoximorphic features and/or a water table within 4 feet of the soil surface
- Visible salts present in the soil profile or on the soil surface
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Key Characteristics
- Additional run-on moisture
- No redoximorphic features and/or water table within 4 feet of the soil surface
- Subject to flooding (rare, occasional, frequent, or very frequent)
- Subsoil textures other than sandy
- No visible salts present in the soil profile or on the soil surface
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Key Characteristics
- Additional run-on moisture
- No redoximorphic features and/or water table within 4 feet of the soil surface
- Subject to flooding (rare, occasional, frequent, or very frequent)
- Subsoil textures other than sandy
- Visible salts present in the soil profile or on the soil surface
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Key Characteristics
- Additional run-on moisture
- Redoximorphic features and/or a water table within 4 feet of the soil surface
- No visible salts present in the soil profile or on the soil surface
- Not located in the channel of a river/creek or on the floodplain next to the river/creek
- Subsoil textures other than sandy
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock within 40 inches of the soil surface
- Siltstone bedrock
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock deeper than 40 inches from the soil surface
- <15% rock fragments on the surface and/or in the subsoil
- Surface and subsoil textures other than sandy
- No visible salts present in the soil profile or on the soil surface
- <6% slope
- Surface texture of clay loam, clay, or silty clay
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock within 40 inches of the soil surface
- Shale bedrock
- >6% slope
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock within 40 inches of the soil surface
- Shale bedrock
- <6% slope
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock deeper than 40 inches from the soil surface
- <15% rock fragments on the surface and/or in the subsoil
- Surface and subsoil textures other than sandy
- Visible salts present in the soil profile or on the soil surface
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock within 40 inches of the soil surface
- Sandstone bedrock
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock within 40 inches of the soil surface
- Limestone bedrock
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Key Characteristics
- No additional run-on moisture
- Bedrock deeper than 40 inches from the soil surface
- >15% rock fragments on the surface and/or in the subsoil
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