IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sorter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964TX339008
  • User Pedon ID: 64TX339008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964TX339008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4438
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40591
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 30.1672230
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2638855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.6 mi. E of intersection Hwy 105 & US Hwy 75 at Conroe TX.; NC part of photo AWU-7W-146
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX339—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. S. McKee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sorter
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sorter
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1964 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    NYSY

    Nyssa sylvatica

    blackgum

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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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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A33944. dark brn partially decomposed plants.
    A1—1 to 9 centimeters (0.4 to 3.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; very hard, very friable, nonsticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A33945. structureless but slightly cohesive and contains many fine pores and a few wormcasts. contains plentiful tree, shrub, and sedge roots; upper 1/2" is slightly darker
    A2g—9 to 52 centimeters (3.5 to 20.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; very hard, very friable, nonsticky; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A33946. structureless but very porous (fine); common number of trees and sedge roots.
    B&A—52 to 95 centimeters (20.5 to 37.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A33947. contains some small pockets of pale brn F or VFSL; common no. of dk brn, weakly-cemented, rndish, apprently Fe-Mn concretions up the 1cm diameter, with the naked eye; few roots
    B21tg—95 to 141 centimeters (37.4 to 55.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; silt loam; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A33948. with fewer coatings of dk gray clay in the crevices than in layer above; few distinct fine yllw mottles that are associated with the Fe-Mn concretions that are a numerous
    B22tg—141 to 181 centimeters (55.5 to 71.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; loam; very hard, friable, slightly sticky; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A33949. lenses of CL or SCL & a few small pockets of pale brn FSL; structureless; contains occasional dk gray clay coatings but fewer with depth; very porous; few tree roots; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations
    B23tg—181 to 209 centimeters (71.3 to 82.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; loam; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A33950. common distinct yllwish med-sized mottles; structureless; contains only occasional Fe-Mn concretions up to 1cm diamerer; only occasional dk gray clay films along crevices
    B24tg—209 to 285 centimeters (82.3 to 112.2 inches); fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A33951. about same color as layer above, but fine sandy loam with few distinct coarse yllw mottles.