IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galveston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002TX039001
  • User Pedon ID: 02TX039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0165
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-FY2021-2022-MLRA-CZSS
  • Project Name: MLRA 150B - Texas Coastal Zone Soil Survey of West Galveston Bay
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 28.8851389
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3690833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the point where FR 1495 dead ends into Bryan Beach; west 2.8 miles on the beach; 75 feet north on dune ridge
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX039—Brazoria
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX039—Brazoria County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galveston
  • Taxonomic Class - Hyperthermic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sandy beach sand derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: barrier island
  • Landform: foredune
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 113
  • 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
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • 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

    C3

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    20

    57

    141

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    57

    141

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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

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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 %

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    C1

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    20

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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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

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00864; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C1—20 to 57 centimeters (7.9 to 22.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fine sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00865; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—57 to 141 centimeters (22.4 to 55.5 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; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00866; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C3—141 to 203 centimeters (55.5 to 79.9 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; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 03N00867; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket