IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Daggerhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: udic
  • User Site ID: P02TX321-001
  • User Pedon ID: P02TX321-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15820
  • 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: 28.6285286
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8985825
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the park at the end of FR 2031 near Matagorda; east 5 miles along beach; 300 feet north on dune
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX321—Matagorda
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Brezina, Stacey Muras, Conrad Neitsch, Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hyperthermic Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Daggerhill
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Daggerhil(udic)
  • Taxonomic Class - Hyperthermic Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandy alluvial sediments reworked by wind and water
  • Landform: barrier island
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 19
  • 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

    A2

    C1

    C2

    0

    19

    50

    92

    19

    50

    92

    140

    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

    A2

    C1

    C2

    0

    19

    50

    92

    19

    50

    92

    140

    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

    A2

    C1

    C2

    0

    19

    50

    92

    19

    50

    92

    140

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    0

    0

    0

    0.1

    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

    5.5

    1.5

    A1—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 9.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    A2—19 to 50 centimeters (7.5 to 19.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C1—50 to 92 centimeters (19.7 to 36.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—92 to 140 centimeters (36.2 to 55.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fine sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent clay; prismatic structure; loose; low excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C3—140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 2 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent fine and medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C4—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in auger, bucket
    C5—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); light olive (10Y 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter.; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket