IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992TX369001
  • User Pedon ID: 92TX369001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0079
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65423
  • 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: 34.7061111
  • Std. Longitude: -102.9669444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 9.25 miles W on FM 1731 (from its intersection with US 60 in Friona) to its intersection with FM 2103, then 3 miles W and 4.5 miles N on FM 2103, then .9 miles W on county road, then 100 feet S in a cultivated field.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX369—Parmer
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX369—Parmer County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Risinger, Fred Pringle, Dan Blackstock, Wilfred Crenwelge, and Robert Hill
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Olton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustolls
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 01
  • 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

    calcic horizon

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    0—17

    7—99

    99—203

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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

    1

    76

    31

    1266

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    120

    406

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    TX4098

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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate medium and coarse granular, and moderate structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00558; moist when described;
    Ap2—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00559; moist when described;. Sample # 93P0560 is 12-12 cm.
    Ap3—12 to 17 centimeters (4.7 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00561; moist when described;
    Bt1—17 to 40 centimeters (6.7 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 4.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 4 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00562; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 191924; continuous - phpvsfiid 191924
    Bt2—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 4.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 4 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00563; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 191925; continuous - phpvsfiid 191925
    Bt3—60 to 99 centimeters (23.6 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 5.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 4 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00564; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 191926; continuous - phpvsfiid 191926
    Btk—99 to 203 centimeters (39.0 to 79.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) exterior, pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 5.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 25 percent coarse spherical carbonate masses and 15 percent coarse spherical carbonate concretions and 10 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P00565; moist when described;