IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Iulus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09TX347003
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX347003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09TX347003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0436
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28332
  • 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: 31.5001659
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7904663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX347—Nacogdoches
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31094-E7—Lake Nacogdoches South, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DS, JB, REL, TR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Iulus
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Iulus
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, coarse-loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain, river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/2009 (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 -
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CHLAS

    EUSID

    LIST2

    PAHE2

    QUERC

    SMILA2

    TORA2

    VITIS

    Chasmanthium laxum var. sessiliflorum

    Eusideroxylon

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Panicum hemitomon

    Quercus

    Smilax

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Vitis

    ironwood

    sweetgum

    maidencane

    oak

    greenbrier

    eastern poison ivy

    grape

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    reduced matrix

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    0—16

    16—121

    36—149

    149—200

    149—200

    185—200

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    0.5

    56.6

    359

    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 11 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium low-continuity interstitial pores; and ; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw2—36 to 121 centimeters (14.2 to 47.6 inches); variegated 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 30 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw3—121 to 149 centimeters (47.6 to 58.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 13 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent very coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bg1—149 to 185 centimeters (58.7 to 72.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bg2—185 to 200 centimeters (72.8 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 35 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on horizontal faces of peds and 15 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Water table at 185 cm.