IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orelia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009TX4093302
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX4093302
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24740
  • 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: 28.1003342
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4286652
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX409—San Patricio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nelson Rolong
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3302
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 11 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Lissie formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 26
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • 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

    Bt

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btkyz1

    Btkyz2

    Btkyz3

    0

    11

    47

    81

    109

    140

    175

    11

    47

    81

    109

    140

    175

    203

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    20.5

    33.3

    31.6

    28.7

    26.1

    30

    33.6

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    17.9

    19.3

    20.2

    23.1

    24.6

    25.5

    24.4

    7.8

    10.5

    11

    14

    16.6

    17

    14.6

    10.1

    8.8

    9.2

    9.1

    8

    8.5

    9.8

    61.6

    47.4

    48.2

    48.2

    49.3

    44.5

    42

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    0

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.4

    0.1

    0.1

    0

    0.3

    0.2

    0.2

    0.2

    0.1

    1.5

    1.6

    0.8

    1.2

    1.1

    0.6

    0.8

    29.8

    23.5

    25.9

    24

    24.1

    22

    20.4

    30.2

    22.2

    21.1

    22.7

    23.8

    21.3

    20.6

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    scl

    scl

    scl

    scl

    scl

    cl

    cl

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    6.2

    7.5

    8.1

    8.2

    8.2

    8

    8.1
    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

    Bt

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btkyz1

    Btkyz2

    Btkyz3

    0

    11

    47

    81

    109

    140

    175

    11

    47

    81

    109

    140

    175

    203

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    5.7

    7.2

    8

    8.1

    8.1

    8

    8.1

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    0.03

    0.06

    0.06

    0.05

    0.05

    0.06

    0.08

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    15.6

    26.2

    52.3

    50.3

    48

    55.1

    56.5

    0.6

    0.4

    0.3

    0.3

    0.3

    0.3

    0.3

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    4.5

    17.4

    16.6

    15.8

    41.7

    20.2

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    89

    100

    100

    100

    100

    100

    100

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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

    Bt

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btkyz1

    Btkyz2

    Btkyz3

    0

    11

    47

    81

    109

    140

    175

    11

    47

    81

    109

    140

    175

    203

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    12

    15

    18

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    14

    17

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    salt accumulations

    0—47

    11—203

    47—203

    109—203

    —47—

    —192—

    —156—

    —94—
    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

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    —

    13.7

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    45

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    A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 7.0 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04232; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt—11 to 47 centimeters (4.3 to 18.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, sand coats and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 3 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04233; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk1—47 to 81 centimeters (18.5 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; 5 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 3 percent medium very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04234; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk2—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04235; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btkyz1—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 7 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 5 percent fine brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; 10 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 1 percent fine very pale brown (10YR 8/3) gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine white (5Y 8/1) salt crystals and 2 percent medium very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04236; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btkyz2—140 to 175 centimeters (55.1 to 68.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 7 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; 10 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 1 percent fine white (5Y 8/1) salt crystals; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04237; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btkyz3—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard; 3.0 very fine roots; 1.0 medium tubular pores; 7 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent fine very pale brown (10YR 8/2) gypsum crystals, unspecified and 2 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 09N04238; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry