IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lake Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX481001A
  • User Pedon ID: 99TX481001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0492
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11351
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Texas
  • County: TX481—Wharton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX481—Wharton County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wes Miller, Larry Wilding
  • 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: Palevertisols 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
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Typic Hapluderts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • 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
    • 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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    Ak1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03224
    Ak2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03225
    Bkss1—33 to 78 centimeters (13.0 to 30.7 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03226
    Bkss2—78 to 104 centimeters (30.7 to 40.9 inches); weak red (7.5R 4/4) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03227
    Bkss3—104 to 157 centimeters (40.9 to 61.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03228
    Bkss4—157 to 181 centimeters (61.8 to 71.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03229
    Bss1—181 to 260 centimeters (71.3 to 102.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; strong medium, and very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03230
    Bss2—260 to 300 centimeters (102.4 to 118.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; strong very coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 99P03231