IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waller
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX3391033
  • User Pedon ID: S12TX3391033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8327
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72847
  • 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: 30.1275556
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1630167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX339—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cody Langston, Stacey Kloesel, Kenny Hall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.0
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waller
  • PSC - 49 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waller
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/2012 (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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    aquic conditions

    endosaturation

    0—31

    12—203

    31—203

    31—203

    31—203

    75—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

    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    E—12 to 31 centimeters (4.7 to 12.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    E/Bt—31 to 49 centimeters (12.2 to 19.3 inches); 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 7 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 7 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt/E—49 to 75 centimeters (19.3 to 29.5 inches); 20 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 8 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 3 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Btg/E1—75 to 119 centimeters (29.5 to 46.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent greenish gray (10Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 7 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 12 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    Btg/E2—119 to 171 centimeters (46.9 to 67.3 inches); 40 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 12 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 7 percent fine prominent light greenish gray (10Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 13 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Btg/E3—171 to 203 centimeters (67.3 to 79.9 inches); 40 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 8 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent light greenish gray (10Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments.