IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orelia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09TX0252801
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX0252801
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24737
  • 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: 28.3383617
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7368927
  • Datum: WGS84
  • County: TX025—Bee
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-ROS—Rosenberg, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Natrustolls
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Geology: Lissie At Edge Of Goliad formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • 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

    Btkz1

    Btkz2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    2Bk

    0

    10

    41

    76

    107

    142

    163

    195

    10

    41

    76

    107

    142

    163

    195

    203

    —

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    14.5

    28.2

    33.5

    28.1

    27.5

    26.1

    25.8

    13.9

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    —

    —

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    21.2

    22.6

    16.8

    19.5

    19.5

    18.5

    17.9

    40

    12.8

    15.4

    11.9

    13.4

    13.1

    11.4

    9.5

    31.2

    8.4

    7.2

    4.9

    6.1

    6.4

    7.1

    8.4

    8.8

    64.3

    49.2

    49.7

    52.4

    53

    55.4

    56.3

    46.1

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    0

    0.1

    0

    0.1

    0.1

    0

    0.1

    0.7

    0.9

    0.8

    0.5

    0.7

    1

    0.5

    0.6

    1.1

    10.3

    10.1

    10.6

    11

    10.8

    9.6

    4.1

    7.4

    35.9

    28.1

    29.5

    31

    31.7

    33.4

    38.8

    26.7

    17.2

    10.1

    9.1

    9.6

    9.4

    11.9

    12.7

    26.7

    270 mesh sieve

    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

    scl

    l

    —

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    6.2

    7.3

    7.7

    7.8

    7.8

    7.8

    8

    8.2
    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

    Btkz1

    Btkz2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    2Bk

    0

    10

    41

    76

    107

    142

    163

    195

    10

    41

    76

    107

    142

    163

    195

    203

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    5.8

    7.1

    7.7

    7.8

    7.7

    7.7

    7.9

    8.1

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    0.03

    0.08

    0.09

    0.04

    0.04

    0.05

    0.07

    0.01

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    10.1

    21.1

    24.9

    21.1

    16.3

    15.9

    22

    75.6

    0.6

    0.4

    0.4

    0.3

    0.4

    0.4

    0.4

    0.3

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    14.1

    28.9

    40.2

    32

    17.4

    13.3

    21.7

    4.5

    2.3

    1

    0.6

    1

    0.6

    0.4

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    93

    100

    100

    100

    100

    100

    100

    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

    Btkz1

    Btkz2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    2Bk

    0

    10

    41

    76

    107

    142

    163

    195

    10

    41

    76

    107

    142

    163

    195

    203

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    34.5

    79.6

    107.4

    93.9

    78

    64.9

    75.5

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    13

    21

    24

    23

    25

    25

    23

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    salt accumulations

    calcic horizon

    0—107

    10—142

    41—203

    76—142

    163—203

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    0

    —

    —

    53

    —

    180

    —

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    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—10 to 41 centimeters (3.9 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 6.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, worm casts and 1 percent fine black (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btkz1—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 8 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; 2 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) salt crystals; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btkz2—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) salt crystals; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—163 to 195 centimeters (64.2 to 76.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 4 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 8 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bk—195 to 203 centimeters (76.8 to 79.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 15 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 5 percent medium black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; 2 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent.; moist when described; observed in pit, small