IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955TX157092
  • User Pedon ID: 55TX157092
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4426
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40579
  • 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: 29.5316658
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8000031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 1/2 mi. SE, 100 feet S of cemetery & 200 feet NW of County road.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX157—Fort Bend

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I. C. Mowery
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 92
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Edna
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Edna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; weak granular structure; very hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33861. Grass roots numerous. occasional fine ferromanganese concretions; light gray coatings on aggregates in lower inch.
    Bt1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33862. light gray coatings in upper part; few roots penetate peds; occasional ferromanganese concretions.
    Bt2—36 to 86 centimeters (14.2 to 33.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior, weak red (2.5YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay; moderate coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky; 0.5 roots between peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33863. few roots between peds
    Bt3—86 to 137 centimeters (33.9 to 53.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior, pale yellow (5Y 7/3) interior, dry; clay; weak coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33864. contains ferromanaganese concretions and a few soft lumps and small hard CaCO3 concretions
    Btk1—137 to 185 centimeters (53.9 to 72.8 inches); 5Y 5/8 (5Y 5/8) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, olive yellow (5Y 6/8) interior and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; clay; structureless massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky; fragments. Lab sample # 40A33865. contains soft lumps and hard concretions of CaCO3. Changes gradually to horizon below.
    Btk2—185 to 218 centimeters (72.8 to 85.8 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, dry; clay; fragments. Lab sample # 40A33866. clay with occasional fine light gray spots; occasional CaCO3 concretions