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: 11/12/2024

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.