IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arrada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998TX261001
  • User Pedon ID: 98TX261001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10886
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 27.0827770
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4930573
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the Kenedy County courthouse at Sarita: 0.17 mile east to US Highway 77; 4.8 miles south on US Highway 77; 12.4 miles east on caliche ranch road to Y intersection; 0.5 miles southwest on caliche ranch road; 3.28 miles southeast to artesian well; 900 feet southeast in salt flat.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX261—Kenedy
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX613—Kenedy and Kleberg Counties, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27097-A4—Potrero Cortado, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DNB, ALS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, calcareous, hyperthermic Typic Halaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arrada (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ARRADA
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, calcareous Typic Haplaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1998
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: tidal flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 34D
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Agz

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    8.2
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Agz

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Agz

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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
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    Agz—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; hard when dry, firm; 21 percent medium and coarse platy salt masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00171. alternating laminae of soil material and salt crystals.
    Bgz1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); 75 percent gray (5Y 5/1), 75 percent light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium platy structure; soft, firm; 21 percent medium and coarse platy salt masses between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00172. alternating laminae of soil material and salt crystals.
    Bgz2—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); 80 percent gray (5Y 5/1), 80 percent light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; sandy clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 21 percent medium and coarse platy salt masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00173. Alternating laminae of soil material and salt crystals.
    Bgz3—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), pale yellow (5Y 8/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00174
    BCg1—94 to 147 centimeters (37.0 to 57.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), white (5Y 8/1), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00175. few fine and medium white (5Y 8/1) concretions of cemented sand
    BCg2—147 to 200 centimeters (57.9 to 78.7 inches); dark greenish gray (10GY 4/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P00176