IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PADINA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09TX1870019
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX1870019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09TX1870019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43250
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 29.3920536
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9100418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of Farm to Market Road 1117 in Gonzales County, go west on Lakey Road 1.42 miles and south 0.21 mile to the intersection of Cowey Road. Go south 0.10 mile and west 2.14 miles on Cowey Road to the intersection of Nockenut Road. Go north and west 0.60 mile on Nockenut Road to gate on west side of road. Go 1.43 miles west/southwest into pasture.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX187—Guadalupe
  • MLRA: 87A—Texas Claypan Area, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29097-D8—Thomas Springs, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Reid, Jacob Bushong, Travis Waiser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Grossarenic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PADINA
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Grossarenic Paleustalfs
  • PSC - 138 to 188 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: —Error in Exists On—
  • Landform: broad ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated sandstone, unspecified at 203cm with <10
  • Geology: Er formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAAM2

    CRCA6

    CYDA

    ILVO

    QUST

    Callicarpa americana

    Croton capitatus

    Cynodon dactylon

    Ilex vomitoria

    Quercus stellata

    American beautyberry

    hogwort

    Bermudagrass

    yaupon

    post oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    203 -

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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

    lithic contact

    0—138

    138—203

    138—203

    138—

    203—

    —138—

    —65—

    —65—

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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

    7

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    176

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    68

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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sand; weak medium granular parts to structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    E—16 to 53 centimeters (6.3 to 20.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; weak medium granular parts to structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    E and Bt—53 to 138 centimeters (20.9 to 54.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; weak medium granular parts to structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bt—138 to 173 centimeters (54.3 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films; 10 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry, and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-15 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 473129; continuous - phpvsfiid 473129
    BCt—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films; 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, and very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume flat subrounded 35-?-76 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments and 3 percent by volume flat subrounded 76-?-130 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 473130; continuous - phpvsfiid 473130
    R—203 centimeters (79.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in trench