IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PORTALES
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960TX065002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960TX065002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960TX065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4523
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40675
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 35.3611107
  • Std. Longitude: -101.2791672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 300 yards W and 20 yards N of SE corner of Section 78, Block B 7, 3.8 miles E of Panhandle, Texas.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX065—Carson
  • MLRA: 77A—Southern High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX065—Carson County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Luther Geiger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Aridic Calciustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PORTALES
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/13/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

    blue grama

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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

    4

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    A1—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky; 3 percent worm casts and 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34569
    B2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 10 percent faint clay films; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34570
    B2ca—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 3 percent carbonate masses; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34571
    Cca—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, slightly sticky; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34572