IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arrada

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1998TX261003

User Pedon ID: 98TX261003

User Site Association ID: 8865

Transect:

Transect Stop Number - 2

Transect Interval - 2,723.1

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 99P0028

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10888

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: 26.9852505

Std. Longitude: -97.5177231

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Kenedy Foundation

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: 26097-H5—Maria Estella Well, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: DNB

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, calcareous, hyperthermic Typic Halaquepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 3

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

Classificaton Date - 7/18/2005

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

QA Status: level 1

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: 38A

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

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	—	—	0	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Anz1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); 86 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), 86 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; strong medium and coarse platy structure; hard when dry, very friable; 3.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00182. 40 percent visible salt crystals in 2-10mm in laminated strata.

Anz2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); 83 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), 83 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent light greenish gray (5GY 7/1) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine and medium faint and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine and medium faint mottles; strong medium and coarse platy structure; hard when dry, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00183. 40 percent visible salt crystals in 2-15mm laminated strata.

Bnz1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); 95 percent dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1), 95 percent light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; sandy clay loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00184. 30 percent visible salt crystals in 1-7mm laminated strata.

Bnz2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); 95 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), 95 percent white (5Y 8/1), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00185. 3 percent laminated strata of 5-10mm olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; 30 percent visible salts in 1-5mm laminated strata.

Bgnz1—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); 78 percent dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1), 78 percent gray (5Y 5/1), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00186. 20 percent 2-10mm laminated strata of greenish gray (10Y 5/1) loamy fine sand; 2 percent 1-5mm laminated strata of gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; 25 percent visible salt crystals in 1-5mmlaminated strata.

Bgnz2—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); 80 percent greenish gray (10Y 5/1), 80 percent gray (5Y 6/1), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00187. 10 percent laminated strata of greenish gray (5GY 6/10) fine sand; 10 percent laminated strata of greenish gray (5GY 5/1) and dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) clay loam and sandy clay loam; common dark gray (5Y 3/1) sand grains (possible feldspar); 20 percent visible salt crystals in 1-5mm laminated strata.

Bgnz3—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); 60 percent gray (10YR 5/1), 60 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent greenish gray (10GY 6/1) fine and medium faint and 3 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) fine and medium faint and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00188. few masses or pockets of visible salts.

BCgnz1—155 to 173 centimeters (61.0 to 68.1 inches); 60 percent greenish gray (10Y 5/1), 60 percent light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine and medium faint and 21 percent greenish gray (10GY 5/1) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00189. Few masses or pockets of visible salts; few fine and medium nodules of pale yellow (5Y 8/2) cemented sand.

BCgnz2—173 to 200 centimeters (68.1 to 78.7 inches); 80 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), 80 percent light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 3 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) fine and medium faint and 3 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P00190. Few nodules of pale yellow (5Y 8/2) cemented sand grains; few masses or pockets of visible salt crystals.