IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orelia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S06TX-391-002
  • User Pedon ID: S06TX391002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - 9-ROS-T
  • Print Date: 12/7/2025

    • 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: 28.2278881
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4898300
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX391—Refugio
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JKW, KBH, SAK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Geology: Lissie formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 34
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    Btk4

    0

    13

    36

    57

    102

    142

    167

    13

    36

    57

    102

    142

    167

    203

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    17.8

    27.9

    26.9

    28.3

    27

    30.3

    33.4

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    22.3

    19.8

    19.2

    19.5

    17.4

    17.1

    23.4

    12.2

    11.9

    12.2

    11.7

    9.7

    10.6

    16.6

    10.1

    7.9

    7

    7.8

    7.7

    6.5

    6.8

    59.9

    52.3

    53.9

    52.2

    55.6

    52.6

    43.2

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0.2

    0.2

    0.2

    0.3

    0.3

    0.2

    0.4

    0.3

    0.4

    0.3

    4.5

    3.9

    4

    3.9

    4.2

    3.8

    3.1

    35.7

    31.7

    33.9

    32

    34.8

    32.1

    26.4

    19.4

    16.4

    15.8

    15.9

    16.1

    16.1

    13.2

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    fsl

    scl

    scl

    scl

    scl

    scl

    cl

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    7.1

    7.1

    7.7

    8.6

    8.3

    8.1

    8.1
    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

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    Btk4

    0

    13

    36

    57

    102

    142

    167

    13

    36

    57

    102

    142

    167

    203

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    0.03

    0.06

    0.06

    0.07

    0.04

    0.07

    0.08

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    10.4

    14.9

    15.3

    15

    15.4

    34.9

    51.4

    0.3

    0.3

    0.3

    0.5

    0.5

    0.5

    0.5

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    1.1

    0.8

    3.3

    7.5

    10.6

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    85

    86

    99

    100

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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 %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    Btk4

    0

    13

    36

    57

    102

    142

    167

    13

    36

    57

    102

    142

    167

    203

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    4.1

    8.7

    20.4

    28.3

    33.5

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    14

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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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, 80 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 7.0 very fine vesicular and tubular and 1.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7149; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7150; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—36 to 57 centimeters (14.2 to 22.4 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7151; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk1—57 to 102 centimeters (22.4 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 2 percent fine and medium white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 3 percent medium very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, insect casts; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7152; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk2—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 3 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 1 percent fine white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, insect casts and 3 percent medium white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7153; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk3—142 to 167 centimeters (55.9 to 65.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; 2 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium and coarse white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7154; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk4—167 to 203 centimeters (65.7 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent fine white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 10 percent medium and coarse white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7155; moist when described; observed in pit, small