IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Garwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: P04TX201-003
  • User Pedon ID: P04TX201-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0204
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17046
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-MLRA-2019-2
  • Project Name: MLRA 150A - Katy fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 29.9045563
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7828598
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Harris County, Texas; from the intersection of Katy-Hockley Road and Katy-Hockley Cutoff Road; 1.5 miles east on unimproved road; 50 feet north in old rice field
  • Map Unit: Kf—Katy fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX201—Harris
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX201—Harris County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29095-H7—Warren Lake, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld, Stacey Kloesel, Kenneth Hall,Amanda Bragg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Garwood
  • PSC - 70 to 120 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mayde
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Microfeature: truncated mound
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Lissie formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8260-162
  • 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 - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium vesicular pores; 3 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 4 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01162
    E1—14 to 45 centimeters (5.5 to 17.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 10 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 5 percent fine and medium cylindrical very pale brown (10YR 8/2) worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01163
    E2—45 to 56 centimeters (17.7 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent medium prominent yellow (10YR 7/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01164
    EB—56 to 70 centimeters (22.0 to 27.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01165
    Bt1—70 to 93 centimeters (27.6 to 36.6 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) clay; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 28 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films; 1 percent medium spherical strongly coherent cemented dark brown (10YR 3/3) ironstone nodules and 4 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 18 percent fine and medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01166
    Bt2—93 to 114 centimeters (36.6 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 14 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films; 1 percent medium spherical red (2.5YR 4/6) plinthite nodules and 7 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 18 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01167
    Bt3—114 to 150 centimeters (44.9 to 59.1 inches); yellow (10YR 7/8) clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 8 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films; 14 percent medium prominent red (10R 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 22 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 24 percent medium and coarse prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01168
    Bt4—150 to 164 centimeters (59.1 to 64.6 inches); 32 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 24 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1) iron-manganese nodules and 16 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 18 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01169
    Bt5—164 to 203 centimeters (64.6 to 79.9 inches); 28 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.2 very fine roots; 0.2 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct yellow (10YR 7/6) clay films; 4 percent medium prominent light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 18 percent coarse faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine spherical white (10YR 8/1) salt masses; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01170