IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): League
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92TX245005
  • User Pedon ID: 92TX245005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0289
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65632
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 29.9949972
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4164167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jefferson County, TX. From the intersection of US Hwy 190 and Farm Road 365 in Nome, 3.0 miles south on Farm Road 365, 0.5 miles west on county road, 700 feet north on private road, 100 feet west of road.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX245—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX245—Jefferson County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lane, C Neitsch, T. Lovelace, G. Crenwelge, R. Lambert, D. Mulligan, W. Chervenka
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - League
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - League
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Microfeature: microhigh gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/8/2010 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 17
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    11

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    135

    1448

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    20

    27.2

    12.2

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 5.0 fine roots between peds; few fine pores; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries and 5 percent fine prominent red (7.5R 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02311
    Bw—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 5.0 fine roots between peds; few fine pores; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02312
    Bss1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 1.0 fine roots between peds; few fine pores; 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions and 10 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; 1 to 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02313
    Bss2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); 45 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 24 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) slickensides (pedogenic); 25 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; fragments; 1 to 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02314. krotovina are about two feet apart
    Bss3—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior and 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 1.0 fine roots between peds; few fine pores; 35 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent medium distinct iron depletions and 10 percent fine distinct iron depletions; fragments; 1 to 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02315. krotovina are two feet apart with an interior 10YR 4/1 and N 5/1 exterior color
    Bssg1—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 35 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior silty clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 40 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; 1 to 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02316. slickensides about 4 inches high and up to 4 feet wide generally tilted at 53 degrees; krotovina observed 2 feet apart with an interior 10YR 4/1 and N 5/0 exterior color
    Bssg2—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 40 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 45 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; 1 to 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02317. common slickensides are about 4 inches high and up to 4 feet wide generally tilted at 53 degrees;
    Bssg3—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 45 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; 1 to 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 93P02318. slickensides are about 4 inches high and up to 4 feet wide generally tilted at 53 degrees; krotovina observed 1.5 feet apart with a 10YR 5/1 color