IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calallen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009TX4094101
  • User Pedon ID: S09TX4094101
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24741
  • 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: 28.1029453
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7187195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX409—San Patricio
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Calallen
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orelia
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    redox concentrations

    0—73

    21—200

    66—200

    73—200

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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

    0.3

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    —

    —

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    220

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    A—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent pressure faces and 20 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—21 to 66 centimeters (8.3 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk1—66 to 73 centimeters (26.0 to 28.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent pressure faces and 20 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk2—73 to 113 centimeters (28.7 to 44.5 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses in matrix; 2 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 4 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 3 percent medium dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk3—113 to 144 centimeters (44.5 to 56.7 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 3 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 2 percent medium dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk4—144 to 165 centimeters (56.7 to 65.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine prominent spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; 8 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules and 4 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent medium dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk5—165 to 200 centimeters (65.0 to 78.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 5 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules and 3 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent medium dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) worm casts; fragments.; observed in pit, small