IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moglia

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S11TX3111011

User Pedon ID: S11TX3111011

Vegetation Plot ID: S11TX3111011

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Pedon # - 11N7194

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50880

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: 28.5168724

Std. Longitude: -98.7250824

Datum: WGS84

State: Texas

County: TX311—McMullen

MLRA: 83B—Western Rio Grande Plain

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28098-E6—Pertle Creek, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: Clark Harshbarger, Gary Harris, Richard Gelnar, Jim Akin, Joe Neal, David Hinojosa

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, active, hyperthermic Gypsic Haplustepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Moglia

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/5/2012

Classifier - James B. Akin and Gary Harris

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Cotulla

Classificaton Date - 2/10/2011

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from mudstone

Landscape: inland dissected coastal plain

Landform: interfluve

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Bedrock: noncoherent mudstone at 190cm

Geology: Yeagua Formation formation.

Surface Fragments: 4.00 percent nonflat rounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter quartz,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 2/10/2011 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACBE AMPHI8 CORA KOEBE OPUNT	Acacia berlandieri Amphiachyris Coleogyne ramosissima Koeberlinia Opuntia	guajillo broomweed blackbrush allthorn pricklypear	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, densic	noncoherent	190 - 203	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon gypsic horizon secondary carbonates calcic horizon densic contact	0—13 13—43 43—101 43—76 76—101 190—203	—- —- —- —- —- —-

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
—	—	—	35	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 45 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary.

Bt—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 41 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 583378; patchy - phpvsfiid 583378

Bkyz1—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; 41 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly rigid, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented salt masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.

Bkyz2—76 to 101 centimeters (29.9 to 39.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay; 38 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly rigid, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented salt masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 6 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.

BCkyz—101 to 136 centimeters (39.8 to 53.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; 36 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly rigid, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 4 percent fine distinct irregular very weakly coherent cemented salt masses with sharp boundaries in cracks and 3 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in cracks and 7 percent medium distinct platy weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in cracks; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary.

CBkyz—136 to 168 centimeters (53.5 to 66.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; clay; 42 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, rigid, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks and 1.0 fine roots in cracks; 3 percent fine distinct irregular very weakly coherent cemented salt crystals with sharp boundaries in cracks and 2 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in cracks and 7 percent medium distinct platy weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in cracks; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; very slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary.

Cyz—168 to 190 centimeters (66.1 to 74.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay; 42 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, rigid, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent fine distinct irregular very weakly coherent cemented salt crystals with sharp boundaries in cracks and 25 percent medium distinct platy weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in cracks; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.

Cdyz—190 to 203 centimeters (74.8 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, rigid, noncoherent, very sticky, very plastic; 7 percent fine distinct irregular very weakly coherent cemented salt crystals with sharp boundaries in cracks and 10 percent medium distinct platy weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in cracks; fragments; noneffervescent.