IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980TX303001
  • User Pedon ID: 80TX303001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48124
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.7433333
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7258333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 9 km W of 127 in New Deal on FM 1799 0.8 km N 610 meters W on City rd 153 meters S of rd in plot 7 of Dan Kreig Study.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX303—Lubbock
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry F. Ratliff and Fred Pringle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Olton
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pullman
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    30—80

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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

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    995

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    460

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01806. Weakly expressedfplow pan about 8 cm thick at base of Ap.; few fine roots throughout
    1BA—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01807. few intersecting slickensides surface features; common fine roots between peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 228954; patchy - phpvsfiid 228954
    1Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots between peds; clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01808. few intersecting slickensides surface features; common fine roots between peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 228956; patchy - phpvsfiid 228956
    1Bt2—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01809. Few threads and small pockets of CaCO3.; few intersecting slickensides surface features; common fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 228958; continuous - phpvsfiid 228958
    1Bt3—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, pink (5YR 7/4) interior, moist; clay; weak medium blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01810. Common threads and pockets of CaCO3. Effective rooting depth at least 100 cm.; few intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 214623; patchy - phpvsfiid 214623
    1Btk1—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); pink (5YR 8/4) interior, pink (5YR 7/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01811. Estimated 40 percent CaCO3.; patchy - phpvsfiid 214624; patchy - phpvsfiid 214624
    1Btk2—132 to 193 centimeters (52.0 to 76.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01812. Estimated 25 percent CaCO3 irregularly distributed throughout the horizon in pockets and hard concretions.; patchy - phpvsfiid 214625; patchy - phpvsfiid 214625
    1Btk3—193 to 229 centimeters (76.0 to 90.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P01813. Estimated 15 percent CaCO3.; patchy - phpvsfiid 214626; patchy - phpvsfiid 214626