IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Padre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: P02TX007-002
  • User Pedon ID: 02TX007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0164
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15814
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 27.8600826
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0402222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: St Josephs Island; about 250 yards north on a low ridge behind the second dune ridge
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX007—Aransas
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Brezina, Conrad Neitsch, Stacey Muras, Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hyperthermic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Padre
  • Taxonomic Class - Hyperthermic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvial sediments reworked by wind and waves
  • Landform: barrier island
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 21
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    C1

    C2

    Cg1

    Cg2

    0

    20

    43

    75

    150

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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

    A

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    C2

    Cg1

    Cg2

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    43

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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 %

    A

    C1

    C2

    Cg1

    Cg2

    0

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    43

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    0.2

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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

    1.5

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00859; slightly dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00860; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—43 to 75 centimeters (16.9 to 29.5 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 45 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 45 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; 99 percent sand; 0 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose; slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent fine and medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3) iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00861; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg1—75 to 150 centimeters (29.5 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; 99 percent sand; 0 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose; slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent medium distinct greenish gray (5BG 5/1) masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00862; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches); gray (N 6/),, light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; fine sand; 99 percent sand; 0 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose; slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent medium and coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 03N00863; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket