IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Midfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX1575065
  • User Pedon ID: S10TX1575065
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0977
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43228
  • Print Date: 9/25/2024

    • 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: 29.4488888
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9492188
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX157—Fort Bend
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29095-D8—Kendleton, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nelson Rolong, Kenneth Hall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, hyperthermic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Midfield
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/17/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods begining in jan
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/17/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    10—188

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    —178—
    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

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent cylindrical reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt1—10 to 27 centimeters (3.9 to 10.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1454702; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1454702
    Bt2—27 to 56 centimeters (10.6 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct spherical moderately coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent distinct irregular olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 1454703; continuous - phpvsfiid 1454704; continuous - phpvsfiid 1454703; continuous - phpvsfiid 1454704
    Bt3—56 to 82 centimeters (22.0 to 32.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 1454707; continuous - phpvsfiid 1454708; continuous - phpvsfiid 1454707; continuous - phpvsfiid 1454708
    Bt4—82 to 120 centimeters (32.3 to 47.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds and 0.3 fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 40 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent medium distinct cylindrical moderately coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1454701; continuous - phpvsfiid 1454700; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1454701; continuous - phpvsfiid 1454700
    Bt5—120 to 152 centimeters (47.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt6—152 to 188 centimeters (59.8 to 74.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 2 percent fine distinct spherical moderately coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1454705; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1454706; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1454705; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1454706
    BC—188 to 200 centimeters (74.0 to 78.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent fine prominent reticulate noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described;