IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pantex
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993TX065002
  • User Pedon ID: 93TX065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0659
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66002
  • 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: 35.3530006
  • Std. Longitude: -101.3586121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.0 miles ENE on US 60 from FR 207, then 0.5 miles W on dirt road, then 300 feet S in field (CRP).
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX065—Carson
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX065—Carson County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WMR, FBP, WEC, DAB, TCB, JAD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Torrertic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pantex
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Torrertic Paleustolls
  • PSC - 18 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/10/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: SSA 14
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    argillic horizon

    placic horizon

    0—86

    18—231

    180—231

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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

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    1049

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    6785

    Panhandle

    WSFO
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04608
    Bt1—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04609. Common pressure faces (2 to 4 inches above) tilted about 30 degrees from horizontal.
    Bt2—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent pressure faces and 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04610. continuous - phpvsfiid 192091; continuous - phpvsfiid 192091
    Bt3—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04611. Less than 1 percent visible carbonates in root channels.; continuous - phpvsfiid 192092; continuous - phpvsfiid 192092
    Bt4—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04612. Less than 1 percent visible carbonates in old root channels.; continuous - phpvsfiid 192093; continuous - phpvsfiid 192093
    Bt5—152 to 180 centimeters (59.8 to 70.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04613. Less than 1 percent visible carbonates in old root channels.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192094; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192094
    Bk—180 to 231 centimeters (70.9 to 90.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 93P04614. 30 to 35% CaCO3 threads, films and soft masses.