IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lofton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 077C-P00TX189001 Lofton
  • User Pedon ID: 00TX189001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0698
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12200
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 33.8797493
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7868576
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hale County, Texas. From the intersection of Interstate 27 and Highway 54 north of Abernathy, 3.9 miles east on Highway 54. Then 0.2 mile north in playa.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX189—Hale
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX189—Hale County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33101-H7—Underwood, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WEC, SCH, JKA, NAR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Vertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lofton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lofton
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/24/2000 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—86

    23—86

    86—335

    107—282

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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
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 7.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04371; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches);, very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 7.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 1 percent coarse distinct spherical iron-manganese nodules and 1 percent medium distinct spherical iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04372
    Bss1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches);, very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist; clay; weak medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; 7.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct spherical iron-manganese nodules and 1 percent coarse distinct spherical iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04373
    Bss2—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches);, very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist; clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct spherical iron-manganese nodules and 1 percent coarse distinct spherical iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04374
    Bss3—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches);, very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist; clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct spherical iron-manganese nodules and 1 percent coarse distinct spherical iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04375
    2Btkb1—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches);, 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist; clay, clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 3 percent faint clay films; 1 percent coarse carbonate nodules and 2 percent fine carbonate nodules and 2 percent medium carbonate masses and 2 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04376. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 917123; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 917123
    2Btkb2—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches);, 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 44 percent sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 5 percent carbonate coats and 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent coarse carbonate masses and 4 percent coarse carbonate nodules and 4 percent medium carbonate masses and 4 percent medium carbonate nodules and 2 percent very coarse carbonate masses and 2 percent very coarse carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04377. continuous - phpvsfiid 917124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 917125; continuous - phpvsfiid 917124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 917125
    2Btkb3—142 to 198 centimeters (55.9 to 78.0 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 44 percent sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent coarse carbonate masses and 5 percent coarse carbonate nodules and 6 percent medium carbonate nodules and 6 percent medium carbonate masses and 5 percent very coarse carbonate masses and 5 percent very coarse carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04378. continuous - phpvsfiid 917126; continuous - phpvsfiid 917126
    2Btkb4—198 to 231 centimeters (78.0 to 90.9 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 44 percent sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent coarse carbonate nodules and 4 percent coarse carbonate masses and 4 percent medium carbonate nodules and 4 percent medium carbonate masses and 4 percent very coarse carbonate masses and 4 percent very coarse carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 00P04379. continuous - phpvsfiid 917127; continuous - phpvsfiid 917127