IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moswell

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1980TX005008

User Pedon ID: 80TX005008

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 80P0222

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48000

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: 31.1694450

Std. Longitude: -94.5777740

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: 24 km S of Lufkin at FR 844 and FR 1818 3 km W of FR 1818 960 meters S on logging rd and W of rd 6 m.

Map Unit: MsB—Moswell loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Texas

County: TX005—Angelina

MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX005—Angelina County, Texas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31094-B5—Manning, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: WL BF GL LB RD CF LG TH LS

Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 8

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Moswell (flagged as OSD)

PSC - 13 to 63 cm.

Classificaton Date - 4/20/2015

Classifier - Ricky Lambert

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Woodtell

Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Hapludalfs

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 4/1/1980

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from shale

Landscape: coastal plain

Landform: interfluve

Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: very high

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: very weakly coherent shale, unspecified

Geology: Cadell Formation formation of the Jackson Group group.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
F133BY004TX	Loamy Claypan Upland		Hart, Tyson

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/1/1980 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	Data Collector	Total Clay	CaCO3 Clay	Total Silt	Fine Silt	Co. Silt	Total Sand	Total Sand Method	VC Sand	Co. Sand	Med. Sand	Fine Sand	VF Sand	VF Sand Method	Texture Class - Field Lab	Rubbed Fiber	Unrubbed Fiber	pH H2O
	cm	cm			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
A E Bt Btss1 Btss2 Btssy1 Btssy2 Cy C	0 5 13 30 58 79 94 114 145	5 13 30 58 79 94 114 145 178	80P01188 80P01189 80P01190 80P01191 80P01192 80P01193 80P01194 80P01195 80P01196	— — — — — — — — —	9.4 9.4 62.6 66.2 66.8 68.3 62.5 67.2 73.1	— — — — — — — — —	38.7 41.8 27.6 30.6 25.6 27.9 31.8 31 26.1	14.7 16 17.3 22.1 22.4 23.9 25.8 26.4 23.6	24 25.8 10.3 8.5 3.2 4 6 4.6 2.5	51.9 48.8 9.8 3.2 7.6 3.8 5.7 1.8 0.8	sieves sieves sieves sieves sieves sieves sieves sieves sieves	3.3 1 0 0.2 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 0	2.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.8 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.1	3.2 1.2 0.2 0.2 1.2 1 2 0.3 0.2	18.8 18.4 3.4 0.6 1.3 1 1.4 0.5 0.2	24.5 27.7 6.1 2.1 1.6 0.9 1 0.5 0.3	300 mesh sieve 300 mesh sieve 300 mesh sieve 300 mesh sieve 300 mesh sieve 300 mesh sieve 300 mesh sieve 300 mesh sieve 300 mesh sieve	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	5.9 4.6 4.7 4.2 4 3.7 3.7 3.9 4

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	pH CaCl2	pH NaF	pH Ox	Delta pH	LL	PL	PI	Atter. Samp. Cond.	COLE	Pot. Acidity	Ca + Mg - Meh 2	K	Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste	KCl Extract. Acidity	Base Sat. - Meh 2	CEC-7	CEC-8.2
	cm	cm						%	%	%		cm/cm	meq/100g	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg	mmol(+)/l	cmol(+)/kg	%	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg
A E Bt Btss1 Btss2 Btssy1 Btssy2 Cy C	0 5 13 30 58 79 94 114 145	5 13 30 58 79 94 114 145 178	80P01188 80P01189 80P01190 80P01191 80P01192 80P01193 80P01194 80P01195 80P01196	5.5 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 4	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —		— — — — — — — — —	— 0.01 0.16 0.17 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.16 0.17	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	8.7 6 26.3 22.1 20 — — — —	92 45 45 63 80 — — — 100	16.8 6.6 36.4 40.3 38.6 35.7 33.1 37.9 41.5	24.2 9 42.6 47.4 50.8 — — — 59.7

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	ECEC	Phosphate P	NO3-N	EC	EC Method	EC 1:5 by volume	CaCO3 Equiv.	Equiv. Gypsum	Na	SAR	Gypsum Req.	Humic Color	Fulvic Color	Humic + Fulvic Color	Al	PI	Pyro. Hue	PyrO. Value	Pyro. Chroma
	cm	cm		cmol(+)/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	dS/m		dS/m	%	%	mmol(+)/l	%	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	%
A E Bt Btss1 Btss2 Btssy1 Btssy2 Cy C	0 5 13 30 58 79 94 114 145	5 13 30 58 79 94 114 145 178	80P01188 80P01189 80P01190 80P01191 80P01192 80P01193 80P01194 80P01195 80P01196	— — 30.8 35.2 35.3 — — — 51.2	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — 2.1 5.16 5.57 5.99 5.64	— — — — ec meter, saturated paste ec meter, saturated paste ec meter, saturated paste ec meter, saturated paste ec meter, saturated paste	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — 11 13 5 —	1 3 4 7 8 9 13 13 13	— — — — 8 6 8 8 8	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon albic horizon argillic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less slickensides gypsic horizon episaturation	0—5 5—13 13—114 13—114 30—114 79—145 114—145	—5— —8— —101— —101— —84— —66— —31—

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
4	—	—	—	—		1321	—	237	18	—	—	20	—	—	—	72	—	—	—

A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately few (5.0) medium roots and many (5.5) coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01188. many medium and coarse roots

E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.5) medium roots and few (1.0) coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01189. many medium roots

Bt—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.5) fine roots; 15 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent pressure faces; 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01190. many fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles

Btss1—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); variegated grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; many (5.5) fine roots; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent pressure faces; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01191. many fine roots

Btss2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; 1 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 3 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 3 percent pressure faces; 20 percent fine prominent noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries and 20 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries and 20 percent fine prominent noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries and 20 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01192. few gypsum crystals in lower part; very slightly saline;

Btssy1—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and red (2.5YR 5/8) interior clay; weak subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent fine distinct weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01193. slightly saline;

Btssy2—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior clay; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine distinct rosette-like weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout and 1 percent very fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented barite masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01194. few olive yellow streaks;

Cy—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior and olive (5Y 5/3) interior and pale yellow (5Y 7/3) interior stratified clay; moderate thin platy structure; few (0.5) fine roots in cracks; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent fine distinct rosette-like weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout and 1 percent very fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented barite masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01195. highly weathered shale; few fractures have thin coats of albic materials; few thin vertical cracks filled with dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; slightly saline;

C—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior and pale yellow (5Y 7/3) interior stratified clay; 1 percent very fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented barite masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 80P01196. highly weathered shale; some peds coated with gypsum; some shale faces coated with thin black iron-manganese layers; few thin sheets of jarosite; slightly saline;