IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orelia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S05TX355-003
  • User Pedon ID: S05TX355003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S05TX355003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45565
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 27.8393612
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8691406
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX355—Nueces
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX355—Nueces County, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JKW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia
  • PSC - 26 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia fsl
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Convex Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • 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

    Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7052; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, sand coats and 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7053; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7054; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk1—51 to 67 centimeters (20.1 to 26.4 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7055; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk2—67 to 121 centimeters (26.4 to 47.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 3 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 3 percent fine carbonate nodules and 20 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7056; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk3—121 to 165 centimeters (47.6 to 65.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films; 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 3 percent fine carbonate nodules and 8 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7057; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk4—165 to 186 centimeters (65.0 to 73.2 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films; 2 percent fine carbonate nodules and 5 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7058; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    BCk—186 to 203 centimeters (73.2 to 79.9 inches);, light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules and 2 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # TAMU7059; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry