IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niwana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S06TX457002
  • User Pedon ID: S06TX457002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S06TX457002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45579
  • 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: 30.5359167
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2113056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX457—Tyler
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JKW, REL, SAK, KBH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Niwana
  • PSC - 35 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Niwana
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


  • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable; 20.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10.0 medium vesicular and 10.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7156; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ep—16 to 35 centimeters (6.3 to 13.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 6.0 medium vesicular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7157; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt/E—35 to 55 centimeters (13.8 to 21.7 inches); 25 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium ironstone nodules and 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7158; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btc/E1—55 to 89 centimeters (21.7 to 35.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 25 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium ironstone nodules and 3 percent fine and medium yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7159; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btc/E2—89 to 133 centimeters (35.0 to 52.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 3 percent medium ironstone nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7160; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btcv/E1—133 to 162 centimeters (52.4 to 63.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellow (10YR 7/8) and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, plinthite nodules and 2 percent fine and medium yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 2 percent fine and medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent medium ironstone nodules and 3 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU7161; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btcv/E2—162 to 203 centimeters (63.8 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellow (10YR 7/8) and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 2 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, plinthite nodules and 3 percent fine and medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent medium ironstone nodules and 5 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # TAMU7162; moist when described; observed in pit, small