IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pantera
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004-TX377-003
  • User Pedon ID: S2004-TX377-003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S04TX377003
  • User Site Association ID: Presidio TAMU SCL Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S04TX377003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45560
  • 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: 29.7070885
  • Std. Longitude: -104.4514847
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: RIA—Riverwash and Pantera soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX377—Presidio
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-MAF—Marfa, Texas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX377—Presidio County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29104-F4—Arroyo Melado, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lynn Loomis, Tom Hallmark, Jim Clausen, and Derek Milner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pantera (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2015
  • Classifier - Lynn Loomis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pantera-OSD
  • Classificaton Date - 1/6/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: semi-bolson
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments: 90.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/6/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • 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

    COER5

    ECEN2

    FOPU2

    FOSP2

    JADI

    OPIM

    OPMA8

    TIGR

    ZIOB

    LATR2

    Condalia ericoides

    Echinocereus enneacanthus

    Forestiera pubescens

    Fouquieria splendens

    Jatropha dioica

    Opuntia imbricata

    Opuntia macrocentra

    Tiquilia greggii

    Ziziphus obtusifolia

    Larrea tridentata

    javelina bush

    pitaya

    stretchberry

    ocotillo

    leatherstem

    tree cholla

    purple pricklypear

    plumed crinklemat

    lotebush

    creosote bush

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—9

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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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    886

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    250

    275

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    262

    21.6

    30.3

    12.1

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    TX7262

    Presidio

    US Official
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 78 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on rock fragments; 32 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gr-sl of Field estimated texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6854; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 254455; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 254455
    Ck1—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 81 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 25 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on rock fragments; 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gr-ls of Field estimated texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6855; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 254456; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 254456
    Ck2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 86 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 9 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; high excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout; 15 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; grv-lcos of Field estimated texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6856; dry when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 254457; patchy - phpvsfiid 254457
    C—46 to 203 centimeters (18.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified stratified very gravelly coarse sand; 89 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 7 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; high excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on rock fragments; 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; sr- grv-cos of Field estimated texture class; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter. Lab sample # TAMU6857; dry when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 254458; patchy - phpvsfiid 254458