IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cieno
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979TX469001
  • User Pedon ID: P79TX469001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0252
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46985
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-SDJR-FY16
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 150A - Nada-Cieno
  • 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: 28.9775000
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8994444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From junction US59 & 77 in Victoria 4.6 km N on 77 18.8 km NE on FR 1315 about 123 meters SE in rangeland.
  • Map Unit: NcA—Nada-Cieno frequently ponded complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX469—Victoria
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lane W. Miller P. Flores R. Bruns and A. Peer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, hyperthermic Typic Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cieno
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cieno
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: depression on coastal plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—130

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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

    0.3

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    1A 1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01327. Crayfish krotovinas.; common fine roots
    1B 21t—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01328. Crayfish krotovinas.; common fine roots
    1B 22t—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01329. Crayfish krotovinas.; common fine roots
    1B 23tg—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse blocky, and moderate medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01330. Fine sand on ped faces and crayfish krotovinas.; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1B 24tg—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; sandy clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01331. Fine sand on ped faces.; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR66 mottles
    1B 31g—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01332. Crayfish krotovina 6 to 8 cm across and 40 cm long.; few soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR66 mottles
    1B 32g—157 to 196 centimeters (61.8 to 77.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent black stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine threadlike lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01333. Fine sand on ped faces and few clay filled worm holes.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common black stains surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR66 mottles
    1B 33g—196 to 216 centimeters (77.2 to 85.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent black stains on faces of peds; 11 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01334. common soft masses of lime concentrations; common black stains surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds
    1B 34ca—343 to 373 centimeters (135.0 to 146.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 15 percent black stains on faces of peds and 55 percent carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01335. few black stains surface features on faces of peds; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds