IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM009008
  • User Pedon ID: 90NM009008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM009008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0599
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62532
  • 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: 34.8627777
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0875015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM009—Curry

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Hill and Rusty Dowell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Olton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Aridic Paleustolls
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1990 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGSM

    ANGE

    Agropyron smithii

    Andropogon gerardii

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    big bluestem

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    15—89

    43—188

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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

    —

    —

    1367

    —

    432

    —

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    15

    24

    5

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    SAT—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P03519. Horizon split for sampling:0-10 cm; 90P3521 10-38 cm.
    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03512. few fine roots; common fine roots
    Bt—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and 0.5 fine pores; 55 percent prominent clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03513. many clay films surface features; few fine roots; common fine roots
    Btk1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium and 2.5 fine pores; 55 percent prominent clay films; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03514. many clay films surface features; few fine roots; common medium roots
    Btk2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium and 2.5 fine pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03515. common clay films surface features; few fine roots; common medium roots
    Btk3—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium and 2.5 fine pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03516. common clay films surface features; common fine roots; common medium roots
    Btk4—104 to 150 centimeters (40.9 to 59.1 inches); pink (5YR 7/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03517. few fine roots; common fine roots
    Btk5—150 to 188 centimeters (59.1 to 74.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and 0.5 fine pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 90P03518. common clay films surface features; few fine roots; common fine roots