IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hillister
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: TPTX457HILLISTER
  • User Pedon ID: 04TX457001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0958
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17063
  • 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: 30.8253326
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5588074
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from U.S. 69 in Woodville, 8.7 miles northwest on U.S. 287; 4.7 miles west on woods road to intersection at hunters' weigh station; 3.6 miles south and east on intersecting road; 0.3 mile north on pipeline; 50 feet east in clear-cut area.
  • Map Unit: 72—Hillister loamy sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX457—Tyler
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX457—Tyler County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30094-G5—Chambliss Hill, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Levi Steptoe; Cherie Edwards
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Arenic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillister
  • PSC - 71 to 121 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2004
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillister
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: broad interstream divide
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Willis formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12A
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    weakly coherent

    127 - 200

    50 - 75 - 100
    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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable; 25.0 fine and medium roots and 5.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05254; observed in pit, large or quarry
    E1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint and 5 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable; 15.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume rounded quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05255
    E2—30 to 71 centimeters (11.8 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 15 percent by volume rounded 2-11-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05256
    Bt/E1—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 10 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium prominent and 10 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10.0 medium roots between peds; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-4-65 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05257
    Bt/E2—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; 10 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10.0 medium roots between peds; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-4-6 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05258
    C1—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and light gray (10YR 7/2) clay loam; 10 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; hard, firm; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, sand coats; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-4-6 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05259
    C2—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; hard, firm; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-4-6 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N05260