IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SALCO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983C-TX131-478V
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX131006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0529
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12034
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 27.8834171
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6798019
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 478—Salco sandy clay loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX131—Duval
  • MLRA: 83C—Central Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX131—Duval County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27098-H6—Freer NW, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Holland, PAUL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, hyperthermic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SALCO
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2009
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Salco
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Aridi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Catahoula formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/9/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8B
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • 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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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong coarse granular, and strong very coarse granular, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium shell fragments in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03327; observed in pit, small
    Bt—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium shell fragments in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded pyroclastic (consolidated) fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03328; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 170146; continuous - phpvsfiid 170146
    Btk1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine threadlike white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses on faces of peds and 3 percent medium shell fragments in matrix and 3 percent medium cylindrical insect casts in matrix; 8 percent by volume nonflat rounded pyroclastic (consolidated) fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03329; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170147; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170147
    BCtk—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent fine threadlike white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses on faces of peds and 3 percent medium cylindrical insect casts in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded pyroclastic (consolidated) fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03330; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 170148; patchy - phpvsfiid 170148
    BC—79 to 100 centimeters (31.1 to 39.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine cylindrical insect casts in matrix and 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 5 percent medium irregular brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay bodies throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded pyroclastic (consolidated) fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03331; observed in pit, small
    2Btk2'—100 to 132 centimeters (39.4 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic, and weak fine prismatic structure; hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent prominent organoargillans on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent dendritic black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 7 percent fine spherical white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses between peds and 1 percent fine cylindrical insect casts in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded pyroclastic (consolidated) fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03332; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170150; continuous - phpvsfiid 170149; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170150; continuous - phpvsfiid 170149
    2BCtk2'—132 to 168 centimeters (52.0 to 66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03333; observed in pit, small. Prominent, patchy, coating of gypsum powder covering 40% of all ped faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170151; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170151
    BCky—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 80 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 00P03334; observed in pit, small. Prominent, patchy, coating of gypsum powder covering 80% of all ped faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170152; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170152