IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PORTALES
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960TX065001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960TX065001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4519
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40671
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 35.5736122
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4527740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: N 13 miles Panhandle; 3.6 miles W on main road, and 2.2 miles N; the site is 125 yards W of Santa Fe Railroad.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX065—Carson
  • MLRA: 77A—Southern High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX065—Carson County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Geiger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Calciustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PORTALES
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/12/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34544
    B2—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; loam; weak granular structure; friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 21 percent worm casts and 3 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34545
    B21ca—41 to 152 centimeters (16.1 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak and moderate fine granular structure; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 3 percent carbonate masses; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34546. 6"""" strata of clay loam material containing 50% or more calcium carbonate at 54-60"""" depth.
    B22ca—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, slightly sticky; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34547