IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARENOSA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S07TX1870001
  • User Pedon ID: MLRA87-ARENOSA-S07TX1870001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S07TX1870001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0185
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19548
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 29.4992390
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7767105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • MLRA: 87A—Texas Claypan Area, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29097-D7—Dewville, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Maurice Jurena, Richard Reid, Paul Holland, Travis Waiser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Thermic, coated Ustic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ARENOSA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ARENOSA
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Ec formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

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    12

    29

    48

    95

    169

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    0.8

    0.9

    1.3

    0.6

    1.2

    0.7

    6.7

    6.3

    8.7

    7.7

    6.5

    6.2

    33.2

    32.8

    35.7

    32.7

    30.9

    28.2

    46.9

    46.9

    42.1

    47.9

    46.2

    50.8

    7.3

    7.7

    6.6

    5.5

    9.2

    8.8

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

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    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

    Ap

    A

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

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    12

    29

    48

    95

    169

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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 %

    Ap

    A

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

    0

    12

    29

    48

    95

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CENCH

    CHNIN

    CRCA6

    EUCO7

    FROEL

    HESU3

    QUST

    Cenchrus

    Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans

    Croton capitatus

    Eupatorium compositifolium

    Froelichia

    Heterotheca subaxillaris

    Quercus stellata

    sandbur

    sensitive partridge pea

    hogwort

    yankeeweed

    snakecotton

    camphorweed

    post oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—29

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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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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.7 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01222; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—12 to 29 centimeters (4.7 to 11.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 12.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 0.7 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 12 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01223; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 389777; patchy - phpvsfiid 389777
    C1—29 to 48 centimeters (11.4 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sand; 94 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 0.7 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01224; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—48 to 95 centimeters (18.9 to 37.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sand; 94 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 0.7 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01225; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 389778; patchy - phpvsfiid 389778
    C3—95 to 169 centimeters (37.4 to 66.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; sand; 94 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 0.8 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01226; dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 389779; patchy - phpvsfiid 389779
    C4—169 to 203 centimeters (66.5 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fine sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 08N01227; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 389780; patchy - phpvsfiid 389780