IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 150B-2003-TX-273-DNB-001
  • User Pedon ID: S03TX-273-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - S03TX273-001
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 27.4624443
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2837524
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kleberg County, Texas; from the intersection of Park Road 22 and the county line between Kleberg and Nueces Counties; 8.0 miles southwest on Park Road 22 to the pay station entrance of Padre Island National Seashore; continue 0.8 mile southwest on Park Road 22 to the intersection of Novillo and Bird Island Basin road; 0.5 mile east and northeast on caliche and shell road; 200 feet east on slope of dune ridge in rangeland.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX273—Kleberg
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX613—Kenedy and Kleberg Counties, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27097-D3—South Bird Island, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis N. Brezina, Conrad L. Neitsch, Ramiro Molina and Shanna Dunn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hyperthermic, uncoated Ustic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenhill
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenhill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Deep sandy eolian sediments of Holocence age.
  • Landscape: barrier island
  • Landform: foredune
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Ponding: rare ponding for very brief periods begining in jul
  • Geology: Qbi-barrier Island Deposits formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 17A
  • Plant Association Name: Sandy Range Site (150BY654TX)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    C1

    C2

    C3

    0

    25

    71

    109

    152

    25

    71

    109

    152

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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

    A1

    A2

    C1

    C2

    C3

    0

    25

    71

    109

    152

    25

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    109

    152

    203

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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 %

    A1

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    C1

    C2

    C3

    0

    25

    71

    109

    152

    25

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    152

    203

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    ec meter, saturated paste

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    ec meter, saturated paste

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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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    686

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    320

    22.2

    28.7

    14.6

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    A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    A2—25 to 71 centimeters (9.8 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.
    C1—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.
    C2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; 4 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.
    C3—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine and medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6); fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter.