IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Calallen
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2009TX4095801
User Pedon ID:
S09TX4095801
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
09N1068
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24742
Print Date:
11/24/2024
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:
28.1210842
Std. Longitude:
-97.6694183
Datum:
WGS84
Country:
US—United States
State:
Texas
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:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Pedon #:
5801
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Calallen
PSC -
10 to 60 cm.
Classificaton Date -
6/28/2017
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Orelia
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Pachic Argiustolls
PSC -
10 to 60 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/20/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loamy fluviomarine deposits
Landscape:
flat coastal plain
Landform:
abandoned meander
Geomorphic Component Flats:
talf
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Geology:
Beaumont formation.
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/20/2009 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—47
10—200
—47—
—190—
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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250
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Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; black (10YR 2/1), dry, and and and brown (10YR 5/3), dry,; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04246; dry when described;
Bt—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) sand coats and 5 percent distinct pressure faces and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), dry, clay films; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04247; dry when described;
Btss—30 to 47 centimeters (11.8 to 18.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent distinct sand coats and 3 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), dry, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described;
Btk1—47 to 76 centimeters (18.5 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, sand coats and 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 3 percent coarse very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, worm casts and 1 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules and 6 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described;
Btk2—76 to 110 centimeters (29.9 to 43.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots and ; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) worm casts; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described;
Btk3—110 to 157 centimeters (43.3 to 61.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 2 percent coarse dark gray (10YR 4/1) worm casts and 8 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses and 3 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described;
Btk4—157 to 182 centimeters (61.8 to 71.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3) manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 2 percent coarse cylindrical white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses and 5 percent medium irregular carbonate masses and 2 percent medium cylindrical dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described;
Btk5—182 to 203 centimeters (71.7 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), dry, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 3 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence.; dry when described;