IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mustang
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX007001
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0122
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11630
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 28.3099728
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8271942
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters; 1.25 miles west on Refuge Road along northern boundary of the refuge; 0.3 mile south on the refuge road; 150 feet east in slight digressional grassy flat.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX007—Aransas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX620—San Patricio and Aransas Counties, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, hyperthermic Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mustang
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mustang
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, hyperthermic Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1999
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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
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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 8.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00855; observed in pit, small
    A2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 2 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00856; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00857; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00858; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00859; observed in pit, small
    Cg4—86 to 98 centimeters (33.9 to 38.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine and medium faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 4 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellow (10YR 7/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00860; observed in pit, small
    Cg5—98 to 113 centimeters (38.6 to 44.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 2 percent fine and medium faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 4 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellow (10YR 7/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00861; observed in pit, small
    Cg6—113 to 173 centimeters (44.5 to 68.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00862; observed in pit, small
    Cg7—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sandy loam; single grain; soft, very friable; 2 percent medium and coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 3 percent medium and coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00863; observed in pit, small
    2Bg1—203 to 213 centimeters (79.9 to 83.9 inches); greenish gray (10Y 6/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 2 percent medium and coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 2 percent medium and coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 2 percent fine and medium faint greenish gray (10GY 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries between peds and 2 percent fine faint greenish gray (10BG 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries between peds and 2 percent fine and medium faint light greenish gray (10G 7/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries between peds and 2 percent fine faint 5G 6/ (5G 6/), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries between peds and 2 percent fine faint greenish gray (10Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bg2—213 to 221 centimeters (83.9 to 87.0 inches); light greenish gray (10Y 7/1); weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; 2 percent fine and medium faint greenish gray (10GY 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries between peds and 2 percent fine faint greenish gray (10BG 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries between peds and 4 percent fine faint 5G 6/ (5G 6/), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries between peds and 5 percent medium and coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 5 percent medium and coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments.; observed in pit, small