IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Midfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009TX1572321
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX1572321
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0611
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41203
  • 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: 29.3575554
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6395035
  • 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: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Midfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/2017
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Telferner
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 59 to 109 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: abandoned meander
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/2009 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    abrupt textural change

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    59 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    abrupt textural change

    0—59

    59—203

    59—203

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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

    0.4

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    140

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    A1—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial and 4.0 fine interstitial pores; 4 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—17 to 46 centimeters (6.7 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    E—46 to 59 centimeters (18.1 to 23.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 7 percent fine and medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—59 to 87 centimeters (23.2 to 34.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 6 percent fine and medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 8 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 12 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt2—87 to 118 centimeters (34.3 to 46.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; 4.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint pressure faces and 20 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt3—118 to 135 centimeters (46.5 to 53.1 inches); 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 35 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt4—135 to 153 centimeters (53.1 to 60.2 inches); 45 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 20 percent 2.5Y 4/6 (2.5Y 4/6) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; 30 percent prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent brown (10YR 5/3) clay depletions on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt5—153 to 176 centimeters (60.2 to 69.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; 20 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay depletions on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine spherical white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bt6—176 to 203 centimeters (69.3 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; 20 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent fine and medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments.