Soil Data Explorer - OLTON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the OLTON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of OLTON, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to OLTON were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
77C	78P0527	78TX381001	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.021389,-102.0138855
77C	80P0346	80TX303001	Olton	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	33.7433319,-101.7258301
77C	81P0326	81TX069001	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	34.4399986,-102.4005585
77C	90P0599	90NM009008	Olton	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	34.8627777,-103.0875015
77C	93P0079	92TX369001	Olton	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	34.7061119,-102.9669418
77C	94P0320	93TX069001	Olton	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	34.3666649,-102.0833359
77C	13N2365	S2012TX279002	Olton	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	34.0426111,-102.3025
78B	90P0860	90TX381001	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.0416679,-101.7922211
n/a	90P0856	90TX359001A	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	90P0857	90TX359001B	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	90P0858	90TX359001C	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	90P0859	90TX359001D	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	90P0861	90TX381001A	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	90P0862	90TX381001B	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	90P0863	90TX381001C	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	90P0864	90TX381001D	Olton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the OLTON soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the OLTON series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the OLTON series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the OLTON series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with OLTON share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the OLTON series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the OLTON series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with OLTON, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. NM-2012-02-15-01 | Roosevelt County - March 1967

   Generalized diagram of soil patterns that extend southwest to northeast through Roosevelt County (Soil Survey of Roosevelt County, New Mexico; March 1967).

2. TX-2010-11-02-39 | Deaf Smith County - 2007

   Typical pattern of soils in the Olton general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Deaf Smith County, Texas; 2007).

3. TX-2010-11-03-28 | Hockley County -

   Acuff-Olton-Amarillo (Soil Survey of Hockely County, Texas).

4. TX-2012-03-20-12 | Carson County - July 1962

   Several major soils of the Canadian River Valley of the Rolling Plains. The ranges in slope shown on this figure are those that exist where the figure was drawn (Soil Survey of Carson County, TX; 1962).

5. TX-2012-03-20-40 | Deaf Smith County - August 1968

   Patterns of soils around a playa on the High Plains (Soil Survey of Deaf Smith County, TX; 1968).

6. TX-2012-03-21-20 | Lamb County - March 1962

   Some soils of general soil area 2 (Soil Survey of Lamb County, TX; 1962).

7. TX-2012-03-21-34 | Lipscomb County - December 1975

   Pattern of soils and underlying material in association 1 (Soil Survey of Lipscomb County, TX; 1975).

8. TX-2012-03-21-38 | Lipscomb County - December 1975

   Pattern of soils and underlying material in association 5 (Soil Survey of Lipscomb County, TX; 1975).

9. TX-2012-03-21-64 | Runnels County - March 1970

   Soils formed in red marine clay (Soil Survey of Runnels County, TX; 1970).

Map Units

Map units containing OLTON as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	296102	377734	f5sv	nm669	2005	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	15775	377735	f5v5	nm669	2005	1:24000
Olton loam, cool, 0 to 3 percent slopes	OTcB	8849	3156214	2yk6c	nm676	1969	1:31680
Olton loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	OT	3975	376156	dmf2	nm676	1969	1:31680
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	9955	362485	f5v5	tx011	1963	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	4690	362484	f5sv	tx011	1963	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	OcC	871	362486	2dd06	tx011	1963	1:20000
Olton loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OtA	5389	362597	1idxk	tx017	1960	1:20000
Olton clay loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OtB	39000	2962328	2xrwj	tx033	1970	1:24000
Olton clay loam, moist, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OtA	36853	2962327	2xrwh	tx033	1970	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	10847	362957	f5sv	tx033	1970	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	522	362958	f5v5	tx033	1970	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	9706	363290	f5v5	tx045	1972	1:20000
Olton clay loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OtB	6589	3258063	308qb	tx045	1972	1:20000
Olton clay loam, moist, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OtA	5394	3258062	308q9	tx045	1972	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	4307	363289	f5sv	tx045	1972	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	126181	2428281	f5sv	tx069	1969	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	31546	2428282	f5v5	tx069	1969	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	OcC	626	2428283	2dd06	tx069	1969	1:20000
Olton loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OtA	105023	364728	1idxk	tx107	1964	1:20000
Olton loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OtB	13948	364729	1idxl	tx107	1964	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	61674	378056	f5sv	tx117	1999	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	11443	378057	f5v5	tx117	1999	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	42736	365138	d7yn	tx125	1965	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	17728	365137	d7ym	tx125	1965	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	5388	365193	f5sv	tx129	1975	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	1941	365194	f5v5	tx129	1975	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	26172	695962	f5v5	tx153	2004	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	9773	695961	f5sv	tx153	2004	1:24000
Olton loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OlA	54061	378348	1idxk	tx169	1965	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	36984	378347	dppr	tx169	1965	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	9052	378346	dppq	tx169	1965	1:24000
Olton loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OlB	3690	378349	1idxl	tx169	1965	1:24000
Olton and Zita clay loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OzA	5824	391941	f4v8	tx179	1965	1:20000
Olton and Zita clay loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OzB	4180	391942	f4v9	tx179	1965	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	2335	391936	f5v5	tx179	1965	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	OcC	1196	391937	f4v4	tx179	1965	1:20000
Olton loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OtA	78732	366910	1idxk	tx189	1969	1:20000
Olton loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OtB	44235	366911	1idxl	tx189	1969	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	16609	378987	f5sv	tx219	1999	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	38151	391894	f5sv	tx227	1965	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	5322	391895	f5v5	tx227	1965	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	842	367965	dbwv	tx235	1982	1:31680
Olton loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OtA	72991	394289	1idxk	tx279	1960	1:20000
Olton loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OtB	5229	394290	1idxl	tx279	1960	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	OlC	14559	369465	ddg7	tx295	1971	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OlB	13666	369464	ddg6	tx295	1971	1:24000
Estacado-Olton complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	EtB	5208	369453	ddfv	tx295	1971	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	110360	369851	f5sv	tx303	1975	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	14554	369852	f5v5	tx303	1975	1:20000
Olton-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	OcU	474	369853	ddvr	tx303	1975	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	7336	379051	f5sv	tx305	1999	1:24000
Olton loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OlA	9652	370345	1idxk	tx317	1968	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	9228	3124155	f5sv	tx359	1978	1:24000
Olton clay loam, breaks, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ObA	7915	3124184	2yk7z	tx359	1978	1:24000
Olton clay loam, breaks, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ObB	6260	3124185	2yk80	tx359	1978	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	4503	3124156	f5v5	tx359	1978	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	249882	2599131	f5sv	tx369	1973	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	29639	2599146	f5v5	tx369	1973	1:24000
Olton clay loam, breaks, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ObB	16279	3124276	2yk80	tx375	1974	1:24000
Olton clay loam, breaks, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ObA	5375	3124275	2yk7z	tx375	1974	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	1366	3124228	f5v5	tx375	1974	1:24000
Olton-Urban land complex	OcU	658	3124263	plf5	tx375	1974	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	627	3124227	f5sv	tx375	1974	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	19496	371398	f5v5	tx381	1999	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	16985	371397	f5sv	tx381	1999	1:24000
Olton-Urban land complex	OcU	862	643364	plgp	tx381	1999	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	6195	371526	f5v5	tx393	1979	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	2993	371525	f5sv	tx393	1979	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	OcC	1372	371527	2dd06	tx393	1979	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OcB	15153	2428327	f5v5	tx437	1970	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OcA	4274	2428326	f5sv	tx437	1970	1:20000
Olton clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	AbB	4625	373273	djf2	tx483	1970	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	AbC	2091	373274	djf3	tx483	1970	1:24000
Olton clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	AbA	1200	373272	djf1	tx483	1970	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the OLTON soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).