IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11TX3111019
  • User Pedon ID: S11TX3111019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11TX3111019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N1323
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58630
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 28.5357552
  • Std. Longitude: -98.7892914
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX311—McMullen
  • MLRA: 83A—Northern Rio Grande Plain
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28098-E7—Zella, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clark Harshbarger, Joseph Neal, Shanna Dunn
  • 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 - Christine
  • PSC - 52 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/2012
  • Classifier - Gary Harris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Imogene
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/10/2011 (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

    ACFA

    CEPA8

    DITE3

    PROSO

    ULAL

    Acacia farnesiana

    Celtis pallida

    Diospyros texana

    Prosopis

    Ulmus alata

    aroma

    spiny hackberry

    Texas persimmon

    mesquite

    winged elm

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    natric

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    52 - 203

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    secondary carbonates

    salt accumulations

    0—52

    52—203

    52—203

    119—203

    119—203

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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

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    Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    A—21 to 52 centimeters (8.3 to 20.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—52 to 69 centimeters (20.5 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate very thick prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium pores; 40 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 629319; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 629319
    Bt2—69 to 100 centimeters (27.2 to 39.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 629318; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 629318
    Bt3—100 to 119 centimeters (39.4 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate thick subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium roots; 90 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium masses of oxidized iron; ; fragments; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 629317; continuous - phpvsfiid 629317
    Btknz1—119 to 162 centimeters (46.9 to 63.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate thick subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium roots; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented salt masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 629316; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 629316
    Btknz2—162 to 203 centimeters (63.8 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate thick subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented salt masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 629315; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 629315