IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Texla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX1991030
  • User Pedon ID: S12TX1991030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72894
  • 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: 30.2678306
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5451139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX199—Hardin
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30094-C5—Saratoga, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cody N. Langston
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Texla
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Texla
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flatwoods
  • Microfeature: mound
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—35

    9—203

    35—203

    35—62

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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
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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—9 to 35 centimeters (3.5 to 13.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 7.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt/E—35 to 62 centimeters (13.8 to 24.4 inches); 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—62 to 111 centimeters (24.4 to 43.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—111 to 164 centimeters (43.7 to 64.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Btg—164 to 203 centimeters (64.6 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 8 percent by volume 6-8-10 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket