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: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 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
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    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