IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mentone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991TX301034
  • User Pedon ID: 91TX301034
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991TX301034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0704
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 31.8147221
  • Std. Longitude: -103.5869446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From jct of Tx-302 and CR-1933 in Mentone; 6.2 mi NW on CR-1933; 3.1 mi NE to Slash Ranch Hdqrs; 0.9 mi SE on dirt road; 200 feet NE in playa
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX301—Loving
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry L. Rives, Sharon J. Elias, Alan C. Terrell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Torrifluventic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 34
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mentone
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mentone
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1991 (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

    CERE2

    PAOB

    Celtis reticulata

    Panicum obtusum

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    vine mesquite

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

    mollic epipedon

    anthropic epipedon

    0—102

    13—102

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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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    878

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    28

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04012. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04013. common very fine and fine roots between peds
    Bt2—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04014. common very fine and fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 226910; continuous - phpvsfiid 226910
    Bt3—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04015. prisms are 1 to 2 inches across horizontal axis, distinct organic stains along faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 234145; continuous - phpvsfiid 234145
    BCt—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04016. common organic stains along root channels and ped faces; common very fine and fine roots between peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 234146; patchy - phpvsfiid 234146
    Bt1'—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments. Lab sample # 91P04017. common very fine and fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 234147; continuous - phpvsfiid 234147
    Bt2'—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments. Lab sample # 91P04018. common very fine and fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234148; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234148
    BCt'—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay films and faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments. Lab sample # 91P04019. common very fine and fine roots between peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 234149; patchy - phpvsfiid 234150; patchy - phpvsfiid 234149; patchy - phpvsfiid 234150