IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aldine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX1991042
  • User Pedon ID: S12TX1991042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8313
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72874
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 30.1109806
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4232194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX199—Hardin
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stacey Kloesel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.0
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aldine
  • PSC - 55 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aldine
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 55 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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: relict meander belt on flat coastal plain
  • Microfeature: mound
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

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    AB

    Bt/E

    Bt

    Btg1

    Btg2

    0

    15

    41

    55

    102

    143

    169

    15

    41

    55

    102

    143

    169

    203

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    15.2

    17.2

    28.4

    40.7

    41.8

    42.8

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    67.9

    68.3

    65.5

    59.9

    50.1

    50.1

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    18.9

    16.5

    17.3

    11.7

    9.2

    8.1

    7.1

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

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    3.8

    2.8

    2.8

    2.2

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    15.1

    13.7

    14.5

    9.5

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    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

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    sil

    sil

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    sicl

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    7.6

    7.6
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

    A2

    AB

    Bt/E

    Bt

    Btg1

    Btg2

    0

    15

    41

    55

    102

    143

    169

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    55

    102

    143

    169

    203

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

    A2

    AB

    Bt/E

    Bt

    Btg1

    Btg2

    0

    15

    41

    55

    102

    143

    169

    15

    41

    55

    102

    143

    169

    203

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    0.1

    0.1

    0.2

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    redox concentrations

    0—41

    41—203

    41—169

    41—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

    0.5

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 2 percent fine brown (10YR 4/3), moist, worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—41 to 55 centimeters (16.1 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3), moist, worm casts and 5 percent medium brown (10YR 5/3), moist, insect casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt/E—55 to 102 centimeters (21.7 to 40.2 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—102 to 143 centimeters (40.2 to 56.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Btg1—143 to 169 centimeters (56.3 to 66.5 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, ironstone nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 20 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Btg2—169 to 203 centimeters (66.5 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 25 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket