IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Padre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: P02TX321-002
  • User Pedon ID: 02TX321002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0171
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15821
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 28.6298885
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8990250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the park at the end of FR 2031 on Matagorda Peninsula; about 5 miles northeast on the beech; 350 feet north along low dune ridge
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX321—Matagorda
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Brezina, Conrad Neitsch, Stacey Muras, Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hyperthermic, coated Aquic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Padre
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Padre
  • Taxonomic Class - Hyperthermic, coated Aquic Quartzipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/2002
  • 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 wave action
  • Landform: barrier island
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/2002 (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 - 20
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

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    C

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    Cg4

    Cg5

    0

    26

    44

    75

    102

    130

    143

    162

    178

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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

    A1

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    C

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    Cg4

    Cg5

    0

    26

    44

    75

    102

    130

    143

    162

    178

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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 %

    A1

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    Ab

    C

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    Cg4

    Cg5

    0

    26

    44

    75

    102

    130

    143

    162

    178

    26

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    75

    102

    130

    143

    162

    178

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    ec meter, 1:1 water

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    ec meter, saturated paste

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    1.3

    1.9

    1.7

    2.3

    15.8

    20.3

    16.3

    10.9

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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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    A1—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; 96 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain, and weak medium granular; very friable; 12.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    A2—26 to 44 centimeters (10.2 to 17.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; 96 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Ab—44 to 75 centimeters (17.3 to 29.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sand; 96 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C—75 to 102 centimeters (29.5 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; 96 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg1—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; very moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—130 to 143 centimeters (51.2 to 56.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 87 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg3—143 to 162 centimeters (56.3 to 63.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; 88 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (N 4/) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg4—162 to 178 centimeters (63.8 to 70.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; massive; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg5—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fine sand; 93 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 4 percent clay; massive; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter.; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket