IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Padre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: P02TX057-002
  • User Pedon ID: 02TX057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0168
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15818
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 28.1171951
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7884140
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Matagorda Island on low ridge
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX057—Calhoun
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Brezina, Stacey Muras, Conrad Neitsch, Jon Wiedenfeld
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Padre
  • Taxonomic Class - Hyperthermic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/2002
  • 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
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/2002 (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 - sunny
  • 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

    C4

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    20

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    92

    112

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    92

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    163

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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

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

    0

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    92

    112

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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

    C3

    C4

    0

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    92

    112

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    163

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    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, loose; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00879; moderately dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C1—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00878; slightly dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—40 to 92 centimeters (15.7 to 36.2 inches); fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; loose, loose; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00880; slightly dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C3—92 to 112 centimeters (36.2 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/4), dry; fine sand; 1 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 98 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on ped faces and pores and 2 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00881; saturation when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C4—112 to 163 centimeters (44.1 to 64.2 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; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00882; saturation when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C5—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine and medium faint light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine and medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 03N00883; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket