IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dacosta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978TX469001A
  • User Pedon ID: 78TX469001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0298
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49142
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-SDJR-FY16
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 150A - Dacosta 0 to 1
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 28.6800000
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7877778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3 km SE on US Hwy 87 1.8 km NE on gravel road to drainage ditch .24 km SE along ditch 250 meters S in pasture.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX469—Victoria
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX469—Victoria County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lane Miller Flores dn Peer
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dacosta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Ochraqualfs
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: relict meander belt
  • Landform: flat
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1978 (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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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01528. many very fine and fine roots
    1B1g—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine dark concretions concentrations; common very fine and fine roots
    1B21tg—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; clay; weak medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent pressure faces and 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Pressure faces .5 to 1 cm across.; few fine dark concretions concentrations; few pressure faces surface features; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; few fine roots
    1B22tg—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; clay; weak medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 15 percent pressure faces and 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Pressure faces .5 to 1 cm across.; few fine dark concretions concentrations; few pressure faces surface features; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1B23tg—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent pressure faces and 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine lime concretions concentrations; few pressure faces surface features; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots
    1B31g—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine lime concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots
    1B32g—132 to 198 centimeters (52.0 to 78.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 11 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; weak fine and medium columnar, and weak fine and medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Few coarse masses parting to hard fine pitted concretions of calcium carbonate and few hard to very hard calcium carbonate fragments 2 to 10 cm across and .5 to 1 cm thick.; few fine dark concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; common medium prominent 5YR48 mottles
    1C—198 to 229 centimeters (78.0 to 90.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 1 percent fine mottles; massive; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine roots; few fine mottles