IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laewest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX391001A
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX391001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0391
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11904
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 28.4742775
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0333633
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX391—Refugio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX391—Refugio County, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Laewest (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Laewest (High)
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Chromic Hapluderts
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches);, very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02705
    Ak—12 to 33 centimeters (4.7 to 13.0 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent fine and medium carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02706. less than 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses.
    Bkss1—33 to 59 centimeters (13.0 to 23.2 inches);, gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 4 percent faint pressure faces; 15 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02707. 4 percent faint slickensides tilted at 40 to 60 degrees from the horizontal; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese nodules; few cracks 1 to 2 centimeters wide filled with black (2.5Y 2.5/1) clay.
    Bkss2—59 to 92 centimeters (23.2 to 36.2 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), moist; clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02708. 20 percent distinct slickensides tilted at 40 to 60 degrees from the horizontal; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese nodules; few cracks 1 to 2 centimeters in size filled with black (2.5Y 2.5/1) clay.
    Bkss3—92 to 127 centimeters (36.2 to 50.0 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse wedge parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02709. 60 percent prominent slickensides tilted at 40 to 60 degrees from the horizontal; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese nodules; few crack 1 to 3 centimeters in size filled with black (2.5Y 2.5/1) clay.
    Bkss4—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches);, 40 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) and 30 percent yellow (2.5Y 7/6) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02710. 55 percent slickensides tilted at 40 to 60 degrees from the horizontal; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese nodules.
    Bkss5—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches);, 50 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 50 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02711. 40 percent slickensides tilted at 40 to 60 degrees from the horizontal; 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron on surfaces of peds with sharp boundaries; 5 percent very coarse carbonate masses with hard centers.
    Bkss6—183 to 235 centimeters (72.0 to 92.5 inches);, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist; clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 00P02712. 40 percent distinct slickensides tilted 40 to 60 degrees from the horizontal; 2 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron adjacent to masses of calcium carbonate with sharp boundaries; 5 percent very coarse carbonate masses with hard centers.