IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mustang
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: P02TX039-002
  • User Pedon ID: 02TX039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0166
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15816
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-FY2021-2022-MLRA-CZSS
  • Project Name: MLRA 150B - Texas Coastal Zone Soil Survey of West Galveston Bay
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 28.8847222
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3703056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from where FR 1495 runs onto Bryan Beach; 3 miles wes on beach; 200 feet north behind dune to a low ridge
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX039—Brazoria
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stacey Muras, Jon Wiednfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hyperthermic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mustang
  • 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: sandy alluvial sediments reworked by wind and waves
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for very brief periods begining in aug
  • 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
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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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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    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
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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00868; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/4), dry; fine sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00869; very moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—30 to 100 centimeters (11.8 to 39.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 03N00870; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket