IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sauz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979TX047002
  • User Pedon ID: 79TX047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0112
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47342
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-SDJR-FY16
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 150B - Sauz
  • 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: 26.9729972
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0127278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Brooks County, TX. 12 km E on paved rd to intersection 3 km N on paved ranch rd then 31 meters W of rd in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX047—Brooks

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred Minzenmayer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Natraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sauz
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sauz
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Natraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    natric horizon

    0—20

    28—78

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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
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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00547. common fine roots throughout
    Btnz1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00548. few very fine roots between peds; few fine distinct 7.5YR54 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1458997; continuous - phpvsfiid 1458997
    Btnz2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, pale red (2.5YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellow (10YR 7/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00549. few very fine roots between peds; few fine distinct 10YR78 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1458998; continuous - phpvsfiid 1458998
    Btnz3—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1 percent dark concretions; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00550. few dark concretions concentrations
    Btknz—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films and carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent dark concretions; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00551. few dark concretions concentrations; patchy - phpvsfiid 1458999; patchy - phpvsfiid 1458999
    Bknz—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm; 37 percent carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 11 percent dark concretions; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00552. common dark concretions concentrations; common lime concretions concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on lower surfaces of peds or stones