IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lake Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009TX1572314
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX1572314
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0609
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41201
  • 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: 29.5048065
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6743622
  • 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
  • Pedon #: 2314
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Hapludert
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • 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: microhigh
  • 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
    • 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
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    A—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02702; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss1—21 to 40 centimeters (8.3 to 15.7 inches); 40 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 8 percent faint pressure faces and 10 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, silica masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02703; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss2—40 to 76 centimeters (15.7 to 29.9 inches); 40 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries on slickensides; 2 percent medium reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, silica masses and 3 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02704; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss3—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 40 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on slickensides and 5 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on slickensides; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, silica masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02705; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss4—100 to 146 centimeters (39.4 to 57.5 inches); 70 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on slickensides and 5 percent medium distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on slickensides; 1 percent medium reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, silica masses and 2 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02706; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss5—146 to 180 centimeters (57.5 to 70.9 inches); 90 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent yellow (10YR 7/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on slickensides and 5 percent fine distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on slickensides; 1 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02707; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss6—180 to 196 centimeters (70.9 to 77.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay; 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent medium black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on slickensides; 3 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 1 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02708; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkss7—196 to 203 centimeters (77.2 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong very coarse wedge parts to strong very coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 25 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on slickensides and 8 percent coarse prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on slickensides; 5 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N02709; moist when described; observed in pit, small