IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orelia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S05TX355-005
  • User Pedon ID: S05TX355005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S05TX355005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45567
  • 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: 27.7168331
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6394424
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: CR 67 & 32
  • 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 Pachic 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 - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia scl
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 35
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7067; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—20 to 45 centimeters (7.9 to 17.7 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, sand coats and 30 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7068; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt2—45 to 62 centimeters (17.7 to 24.4 inches);, 80 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7069; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk1—62 to 92 centimeters (24.4 to 36.2 inches);, 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 2 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7070; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk2—92 to 113 centimeters (36.2 to 44.5 inches);, 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 3 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 3 percent fine carbonate nodules and 3 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7071; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk3—113 to 157 centimeters (44.5 to 61.8 inches);, light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.2 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, insect casts and 3 percent fine carbonate nodules and 8 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7072; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk4—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches);, light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, sand coats and 20 percent prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, insect casts and 3 percent fine and medium carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # TAMU7073; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry