IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laewest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989TX469011
  • User Pedon ID: 89TX469011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0507
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61609
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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 #: 11
  • 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: very 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—94

    94—216

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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; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02812. Noncalcareous; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; many fine roots throughout
    A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 2 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02813. Noncalcareous, conc. are pitted; common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; very few pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 224149; patchy - phpvsfiid 224149
    Bk1—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02814. Noncalcareous; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 224150; patchy - phpvsfiid 224150
    Bk2—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02815. Noncalcareous; few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 224151; patchy - phpvsfiid 224151
    Bk3—94 to 137 centimeters (37.0 to 53.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02816. common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; few medium faint 10YR52 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 224152; patchy - phpvsfiid 224152
    Bk4—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay; 11 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02817. common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 2.5Y64 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 224153; continuous - phpvsfiid 224153
    Bk5—168 to 180 centimeters (66.1 to 70.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02818. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 10YR54 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 224154; continuous - phpvsfiid 224154
    Bk6—180 to 216 centimeters (70.9 to 85.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions and 11 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02819. common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common very coarse and extremely coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common medium prominent 10YR54 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 224155; continuous - phpvsfiid 224155