IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clareville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S02-TX131-002
  • User Pedon ID: S02TX-131-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S02-TX131-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15686
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 28.0316944
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2722244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Duval County, TX; from the intersection of TX Hwy 359 and TX Hwy 339 in Benavides, northwest 24.4 miles on TX Hwy 339 to Freer, then northeast 34.3 miles on US Hwy 59 to FM 624, then east 4.4 miles on FM 624 to private ranch road entrance, south 8.5 miles on private ranch road, then east 0.3 mile on sendero; site is 200 feet north in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX131—Duval
  • MLRA: 83C—Central Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX131—Duval County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Holland & Maurice Jurena
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clareville
  • PSC - 44 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - second edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guajalote
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/26/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5B
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PRGLG

    Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa

    honey mesquite

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—120

    44—210

    76—210

    150—210

    30—91—178

    91—137—191

    102—127—152

    30—53—94
    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

    0.5

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    —

    113

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    90

    614

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    270

    22

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    —

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    —

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    TX0690

    Benavides2, TX0690

    TAPS
    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent fine irregular shell fragments throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00918; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—15 to 44 centimeters (5.9 to 17.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent fine irregular shell fragments throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00919; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—44 to 76 centimeters (17.3 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00920; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415418; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415419; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415420; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415418; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415419; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415420
    Bt2—76 to 120 centimeters (29.9 to 47.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium wedge structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00921; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 415423; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415421; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415422; continuous - phpvsfiid 415423; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415421; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415422
    Bt3—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches); 80 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, 80 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium wedge structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 2 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent faint pressure faces on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00922; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 415424; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415425; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415426; continuous - phpvsfiid 415424; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415425; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415426
    Btk1—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00923; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 415428; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415427; continuous - phpvsfiid 415429; continuous - phpvsfiid 415428; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415427; continuous - phpvsfiid 415429
    Btk2—178 to 210 centimeters (70.1 to 82.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 2 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 2 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules throughout and 30 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 03N00924; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415431; continuous - phpvsfiid 415430; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 415431; continuous - phpvsfiid 415430