IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oslo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: silty clay loam
  • User Site ID: S1999TX195003
  • User Pedon ID: S1999TX195003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999TX195003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12203
  • 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: 36.4209833
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4205694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX195—Hansford
  • MLRA: 77A—Southern High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX195—Hansford County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36101-D4—Phillips Camp, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bauchert, James A.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcidic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oslo (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/16/2015
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Texline
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1999
  • Classifier - Bauchert, James A.
  • 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: Pleistocene silty calcareous loess
  • Landscape: high plains
  • Landform: loess plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R077AY006TX Limy Upland 16-22" PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bauchert, James A.
  • Air Photo ID: 3327-30
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bkk

    Btk1

    86

    140

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Bkk

    Btk1

    86

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Bkk

    Btk1

    86

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANDRO2

    Andropogon

    bluestem

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—28

    28—86

    46—208

    86—208

    —28—

    —58—

    —160—

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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

    0.5

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    973

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    330

    483

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    190

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04395; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04396; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04397; dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389283; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389283
    Btk—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate threads with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04398; dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 389284; patchy - phpvsfiid 389284
    Bkk—84 to 140 centimeters (33.1 to 55.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3) broken face, pink (7.5YR 7/3) broken face, moist; clay; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium platy, and moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 65 percent fine and medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated ? to 5-? millimeter silica concretions fragments; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04399; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk1—140 to 178 centimeters (55.1 to 70.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, pink (7.5YR 7/4) broken face, moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 30 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated ? to 5-? millimeter silica concretions fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04400; dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 389285; patchy - phpvsfiid 389285
    Btk2—178 to 208 centimeters (70.1 to 81.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) broken face, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 00P04401; dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 389286; patchy - phpvsfiid 389286