IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laewest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989TX469009
  • User Pedon ID: 89TX469009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61607
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • 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 #: 9
  • 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—18

    18—211

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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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    —

    18

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    97

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate fine granular structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02796; moist when described;. common fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; many very fine and fine roots throughout
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02797; moist when described;. ;2-3% mixing of 10YR 5/2 material; common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bk1—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) clay, clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine and 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions and 11 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02798; moist when described;. 2% mixing of (10YR 3/1) material; common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bk2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint and 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; 1 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02799; moist when described;. Mottles are along root channels, 2% mixing of (10YR 3/1) material; few medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; few fine faint 10YR43 mottles; few fine faint 10YR43 mottles
    Bk3—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); clay; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical carbonate concretions and 11 percent medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02800; moist when described;. <2% mixing of (10YR 2/1) material, slickenside faces are large, polished, grooved and planes are 4 to 10 cm apart; common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine roots throughout
    Bk4—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay; 1 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine faint mottles; strong very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02801; moist when described;. Slickenside faces are large, polished, grooved and planes are 4 to 10 cm apart; few fine roots throughout; few fine faint 5Y53 mottles
    Bk5—150 to 173 centimeters (59.1 to 68.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay; moderate very coarse wedge, and moderate very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions and 1 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02802; moist when described;. Slickenside faces are large, polished, grooved and planes are 2 to 6 cm apart; common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    Bk6—173 to 211 centimeters (68.1 to 83.1 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2); 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine mottles; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; distinct light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; 11 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02803; moist when described;. Mottles surround ferro-mang. conc.; common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine 10YR56 mottles