IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dalhart
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: loamy fine sand
  • User Site ID: S1985OK025003
  • User Pedon ID: S1985OK025003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0960
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57226
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.7120300
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6582500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T3N
  • Range: R4E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 805 meters S and 244 meters E of NW corner
  • Location Description: Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: OK025—Cimarron
  • MLRA: 77A—Southern High Plains, Northern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-WOD—Woodward, Oklahoma
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OK025—Cimarron County, Oklahoma
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36102-F6—Boise City NW, Oklahoma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JW Frie, EL Cole, GA Sample, CR Cail, WG Ford
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dalhart (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2008
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dalhart
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Classifier - JW Frie
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - fourth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: high plains
  • Landform: sandsheet sand sheet
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—29

    29—152

    62—235

    112—235

    —29—

    —123—

    —173—

    —123—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    1309

    —

    90

    457

    —

    175

    13

    25

    3

    14

    26

    4

    —

    —

    —

    004766

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05138
    A—13 to 29 centimeters (5.1 to 11.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; 25 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05139. Common krotovinas filled with lighter colored material than matrix. Krotovinas are 5 to 10 cm in diamter.
    Bt—29 to 62 centimeters (11.4 to 24.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 2.5 medium roots between peds and 2.5 fine roots between peds; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent fine worm casts throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05140
    Btk1—62 to 83 centimeters (24.4 to 32.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.0 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores and 20 percent distinct carbonate coats throughout; 15 percent fine worm casts throughout and 1 percent fine and medium spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout and 30 percent medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05141
    Btk2—83 to 112 centimeters (32.7 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.1 fine roots between peds; 2.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 10 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05142
    2Btk—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.1 fine roots between peds; 2.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 10 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05143. continuous - phpvsfiid 386568; continuous - phpvsfiid 386569; continuous - phpvsfiid 386568; continuous - phpvsfiid 386569
    2BCk—152 to 209 centimeters (59.8 to 82.3 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05144
    2Ck—209 to 235 centimeters (82.3 to 92.5 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sandy loam; structureless massive; hard, very friable; 15 percent carbonate coats throughout; 15 percent coarse spherical carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P05145