IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993TX069001
  • User Pedon ID: 93TX069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0320
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66498
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 34.3666667
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0833333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.8 mile northwest on Texas State Highway 194 from its intersection with Farm Road 168 in Hart. Then 0.6 mile west on County Road to west boundary of the Hart Cemetery, then 1500 feet south in field.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX069—Castro
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX069—Castro County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34102-D1—Hart, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WMR, WEC, DAB
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Olton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Aridic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 20 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: SS 61
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—43

    20—94

    64—203

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    —-

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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

    —

    —

    1109

    —

    406

    —

    —

    13.3

    25

    1.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    3972

    Hart

    WSFO
    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02002
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak massive; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02003
    Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02004
    Bt2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02005
    Btk—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate threads between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02006
    Bk1—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate threads and 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02007
    Bk2—135 to 178 centimeters (53.1 to 70.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and 5 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; clay loam; massive, and weak angular blocky; hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02008
    Bk3—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 94P02009