IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laewest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989TX469014
  • User Pedon ID: 89TX469014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0510
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61612
  • 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 #: 14
  • 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 - 4/1/1989
  • 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: 4/1/1989 (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—150

    150—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 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 roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine pores; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02833. common fine roots throughout; many very fine roots throughout
    A2—8 to 48 centimeters (3.1 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine pores; 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02834. common very fine roots throughout
    Bw1—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine pores; 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02835. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine roots throughout
    Bw2—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; strong medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine pores; 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02836. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine roots throughout
    Bk1—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine pores; black (10YR 2/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent medium spherical carbonate nodules; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02837. few medium carbonate nodules concentrations; few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine roots throughout
    Bk2—150 to 175 centimeters (59.1 to 68.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine pores; olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) and dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 11 percent coarse spherical carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02838. few fine carbonate nodules concentrations; common coarse carbonate nodules concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles
    Bk3—175 to 216 centimeters (68.9 to 85.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine pores; olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02839. common very coarse and extremely coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles