IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orelia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S06TX025001
  • User Pedon ID: S06TX025001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - 9-ROS-T
  • 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: 28.3806953
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6536942
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the intersection of FM 202 and CR 425 at Chase Field near Beeville, southwest 300 feet in pasture
  • Map Unit: 18—Orelia fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX025—Bee County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JKW, SAK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: flat coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Lissie formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7133
    Bt1—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7134
    Bt2—39 to 56 centimeters (15.4 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pressure faces and 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7135
    Bt3—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent pressure faces on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium faint brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7136
    Btk1—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium faint brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate nodules and 10 percent medium and coarse white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7137
    Btk2—109 to 146 centimeters (42.9 to 57.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate nodules and 35 percent medium and coarse white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7138
    Btk3—146 to 192 centimeters (57.5 to 75.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate nodules and 25 percent medium and coarse white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7139
    Btk4—192 to 203 centimeters (75.6 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate nodules and 3 percent medium very dark gray (10YR 3/1) insect casts and 20 percent medium and coarse white (2.5Y 8/1) carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # TAMU7140