IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Laewest
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1989TX469008
User Pedon ID:
89TX469008
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
89P0504
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
61606
Print Date:
11/26/2024
LOCATION
Location Description:
Victoria County, Texas; soil survey sheet 35; about 7.0 miles SE of Victoria; 2.2 miles E of Hwy 87 near Dacosta on Farm Road 1686 and 150 feet S of R.O.W.
State:
Texas
County:
TX469—Victoria
MLRA:
150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
PEDON
Describers Name:
D. Williams, W. Miller, T. Cook
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 #:
8
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Laewest
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Lake Charles
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Pelludert
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
3/1/1989
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
coastal plain
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
Microrelief Elevation:
35
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
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
0—10
10—224
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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
0
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—
7
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97
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A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate fine granular structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 11 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02790. 3% mixing of (10YR 6/1) material; common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; many very fine and fine roots throughout
Bk1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); 40 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 60 percent gray (5Y 6/1) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fine pores; distinct , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate masses and 1 percent medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02791. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common very fine and fine roots throughout
Bk2—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 65 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; distinct , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions and 11 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02792. Common root casts, (2.5Y) material is calcareous but (10YR) material is noncalcareous; common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout
Bk3—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) clay; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses and 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02793; moist when described;. Slickenside faces are large, polished and grooved and planes are 2 to 6 cm apart; few fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 224135; continuous - phpvsfiid 224135
Bk4—84 to 170 centimeters (33.1 to 66.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) clay; strong medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; very fine and fine tubular pores; distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent coarse and very coarse spherical carbonate masses and 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 89P02794; moist when described;. Slickensides are polished and grooved, iron-mang. conc. have yellowed mottles surrounding them. Slickenside planes are 1 to 4 cm apart.; few coarse and very coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 224136; continuous - phpvsfiid 224136
Bk5—170 to 224 centimeters (66.9 to 88.2 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; very fine and fine tubular pores; distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse and very coarse spherical carbonate masses and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 89P02795; moist when described;. Slickenside faces are polished and grooved and planes are 4 to 10 cm apart; common coarse and very coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 224137; continuous - phpvsfiid 224137