IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laewest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988TX469002
  • User Pedon ID: 88TX469002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61138
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Victoria County, TX. 3.5 mi (5.5 km) SW of Placedo on US87, 0.5 mi (0.7 km) NE on gravel road, 400 meters SE in pasture
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX469—Victoria
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Jacobs, W. Miller, and L. Wilding
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Pelluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Laewest
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles hgh
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    0—36

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    —

    12

    —

    97

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    —

    21

    28

    13

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; 2.5 fine and medium roots; iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent medium and coarse carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00348. few medium and coarse lime concretions concentrations; common fine and medium roots
    A2—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 11 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 89P00349. few pressure faces; common medium lime concretions concentrations; few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bk1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00350. CaCO3 segregations; many medium lime concretions concentrations; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine and medium roots
    Bk2—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00351. few medium lime concretions concentrations; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine roots
    Bk3—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 11 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 89P00352. few medium lime concretions concentrations; common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine roots in cracks
    Bk4—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 11 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00353; moist when described;. CaCO3 segregations; common medium lime concretions concentrations; common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine roots in cracks; few fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    Bk5—163 to 185 centimeters (64.2 to 72.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 11 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 89P00354. CaCO3 segregations; common medium lime concretions concentrations; common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine roots in cracks; common medium prominent 10YR56 mottles
    Bk6—185 to 216 centimeters (72.8 to 85.0 inches); 70 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; 30 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical masses of oxidized iron; 11 percent medium spherical lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 89P00355; moist when described;. CaCO3 segregations have hard centers, few vertical pressure faces; common medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine soft masses of iron concentrations; very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots in cracks; many medium distinct 2.5Y66 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 223709; patchy - phpvsfiid 223709
    BCk—216 to 381 centimeters (85.0 to 150.0 inches); 70 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silty clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; , moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds and 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 11 percent coarse and very coarse spherical lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 89P00356; wet when described;. CaCO3 segregations have hard centers, pressure faces on abk peds, lower 80 cm more like cbk platy; common coarse and very coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 223710; patchy - phpvsfiid 223710
    2C1—381 to 531 centimeters (150.0 to 209.1 inches); 70 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) loamy fine sand; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 89P00357; wet when described;. saturated - provides artesian head for sand strata in micro low; many coarse distinct 10YR58 mottles
    3C2—531 to 587 centimeters (209.1 to 231.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; very firm; 30 percent coarse spherical lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 89P00358. mottles occur in sediment bedding planes 2-5 mm thick, carbonate segregations have hard centers; many coarse soft masses of lime concentrations