IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laewest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989TX469010
  • User Pedon ID: 89TX469010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61608
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Texas
  • County: TX469—Victoria
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline 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 #: 10
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—97

    97—206

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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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate fine granular structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02804; moist when described;. Noncalcareous; few medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    A2—10 to 58 centimeters (3.9 to 22.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02805; moist when described;. Noncalcareous; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bw—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate coarse and very coarse wedge structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02806; moist when described;. Noncalcareous, slickenside faces are polished, grooved and planes are 2 to 5 cm apart; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bk1—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate coarse and very coarse wedge structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02807; moist when described;. 2% mixing of (10YR 2/1) material, noncalcareous, slickensides same as 3; common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine roots throughout
    Bk2—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02808; moist when described;. common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    Bk3—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine pores; distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical carbonate masses and 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02809; moist when described;. 2-3% mixing of (10YR 3/1) material; common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; few medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles
    Bk4—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine pores; distinct light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02810; moist when described;. common medium and coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles
    Bk5—180 to 206 centimeters (70.9 to 81.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 89P02811