IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lake Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009TX1572313
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX1572313
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0608
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41200
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 29.5048618
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6743088
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX157—Fort Bend
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX157—Fort Bend County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KBH & JKW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/22/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey fluviomarine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: abandoned backswamp
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    Bss1

    Bss2

    Bss3

    Bss4

    Bkss1

    Bkss2

    Bkss3

    0

    15

    51

    87

    112

    138

    162

    193

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    51

    87

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    193

    203

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    51.7

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    48.8

    61.8

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    36.7

    39.1

    38.5

    34.3

    34.6

    36.9

    28.8

    46.4

    19.6

    19.4

    20

    15.5

    18.2

    19.5

    19.9

    33

    17.1

    19.7

    18.5

    18.8

    16.4

    17.4

    8.9

    13.4

    11.6

    12.7

    14.2

    14.7

    13.3

    14.3

    9.4

    5.7

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    0.3

    0.3

    0.4

    0.5

    0.5

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    1

    0.2

    0.4

    0.4

    0.5

    0.9

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    0.5

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    0.2

    0.5

    0.3

    0.6

    0.9

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    0.6

    0.9

    0.5

    2.8

    3.5

    4

    3.7

    2.2

    3.7

    2.1

    0.2

    7.6

    8.2

    8.7

    8.7

    9.1

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    4.4

    4.6

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

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    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

    Bss1

    Bss2

    Bss3

    Bss4

    Bkss1

    Bkss2

    Bkss3

    0

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    51

    87

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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

    Bss1

    Bss2

    Bss3

    Bss4

    Bkss1

    Bkss2

    Bkss3

    0

    15

    51

    87

    112

    138

    162

    193

    15

    51

    87

    112

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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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (N 2.5/), clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 12.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent faint pressure faces; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bss1—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); black (N 2.5/), clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pressure faces and 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bss2—51 to 87 centimeters (20.1 to 34.3 inches); black (N 2.5/), clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bss3—87 to 112 centimeters (34.3 to 44.1 inches); black (N 2.5/), clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, silica concretions; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bss4—112 to 138 centimeters (44.1 to 54.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent yellow (2.5Y 7/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on slickensides and 10 percent medium distinct pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on slickensides; 1 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, silica concretions; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss1—138 to 162 centimeters (54.3 to 63.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; 2 percent fine very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine silica concretions and 1 percent medium very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss2—162 to 193 centimeters (63.8 to 76.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) clay; 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine prominent black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct yellow (2.5Y 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on slickensides; 5 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss3—193 to 203 centimeters (76.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.2 very fine roots; 0.2 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine prominent black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent coarse prominent greenish gray (5BG 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on slickensides and 40 percent coarse prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on slickensides; 3 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described; observed in pit, small