IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Redco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984TX471001
  • User Pedon ID: 84TX471001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0684
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54928
  • 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: 30.6083336
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3874969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Walker County, TX 3.7 meters E. of Walker County Courthouse in Huntsville on US Highway 190; S. on Farm Road 2929.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX471—Walker

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. C. Brockmann, G. Chervenka, & Dr. J. Comerma
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Aquentic Chromuderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Redco
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Redco
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Aquentic Chro
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    1A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03786. many fine and medium roots
    1Bw1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; 11 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03787. common fine roots; few medium roots; common fine distinct 5YR44 mottles
    1Bw2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03788. common fine roots; common coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1Bw3—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03789. Occasional rounded siliceous pebbles.; common intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots; few fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; common medium prominent 10YR56 mottles
    1Bw4—94 to 115 centimeters (37.0 to 45.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03790. Occasional rounded siliceous pebbles.; common intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR51 mottles; many fine and medium prominent 5YR56 mottles
    1Bw5—115 to 145 centimeters (45.3 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent prominent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03791. Occasional rounded siliceous pebbles.; common intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots; few fine prominent 5YR56 mottles
    1Bk1—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent prominent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03792. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR42 mottles
    1Bk2—173 to 200 centimeters (68.1 to 78.7 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) interior clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 15 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and 11 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P03793. common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few gypsum crystals concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features; common medium prominent 10YR44 mottles