IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lake Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX481001
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX481001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0491
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11350
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 29.4272213
  • Std. Longitude: -96.0763855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wharton County. From the intersection of US 59 Business and TX60 in Hungerford, North on TX60 1.6 miles, 800 feet West in pasture.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX481—Wharton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX481—Wharton County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29096-D1—Hungerford, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Edward Griffin, Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Paleovertisols Study
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LAKE CHARLES LOW
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Typic Hapluderts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

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    Bss4

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    20.6

    18.8

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    7.4

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    2.6

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    4.2

    3.9

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    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

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    7.9

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    8.1

    8.4

    8.4
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

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    Bss4

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

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    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

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03214
    A2—12 to 28 centimeters (4.7 to 11.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct pressure faces; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03215
    Bss1—28 to 59 centimeters (11.0 to 23.2 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03216
    Bss2—59 to 83 centimeters (23.2 to 32.7 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03217
    Bss3—83 to 123 centimeters (32.7 to 48.4 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03218
    Bss4—123 to 147 centimeters (48.4 to 57.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03219
    Bkss1—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse wedge parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03220
    Bkss2—165 to 176 centimeters (65.0 to 69.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; weak medium and coarse wedge parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03221
    Bkss3—176 to 200 centimeters (69.3 to 78.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03222
    Bkss4—200 to 250 centimeters (78.7 to 98.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium and coarse wedge parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 99P03223