IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moglia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979TX479004
  • User Pedon ID: 79TX479004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47957
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 27.6208324
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2055588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From junction of US HWY 59 and Arkansas St in Laredo 32 km E on US 59 15 meters S of fence in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX479—Webb

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Russell Sanders and Wayne Gabriel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Ustollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Moglia
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McAllen
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Aridic Ustochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1979 (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

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    53—76

    107—152

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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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    1A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00897. many fine and medium roots throughout
    1B21—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00898. common fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout
    1B22ca—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, yellow (10YR 7/6) interior, dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00899. common soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots throughout
    1C—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 0.5 fine roots top of horizon; 11 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00900. common soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots in mat at top of horizon
    2Ccacs—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/4) interior, dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 11 percent threadlike lime masses and 11 percent gypsum masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00901. common soft masses of lime concentrations; common masses of gypsum concentrations
    3Ccacs—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, dry; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 11 percent threadlike lime masses and 11 percent gypsum masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P00902. common soft masses of lime concentrations; common masses of gypsum concentrations