IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westcott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX3391037
  • User Pedon ID: S12TX3391037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8329
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73073
  • 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: 30.1370833
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1466667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX339—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stacey Kloesel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.0
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westcott
  • PSC - 37 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kountze
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, thermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • 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
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/2012 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    E

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    Bt/E3

    Btg/E1

    Btg/E2

    0

    14

    37

    61

    96

    149

    187

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    61

    96

    149

    187

    203

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    13

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    24.9

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    45.7

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    50.1

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    49.3

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    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

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    Btg/E1

    Btg/E2

    0

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    37

    61

    96

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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 %

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    0

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    37

    61

    96

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

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    ochric epipedon

    episaturation

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    redox concentrations

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    0—37

    14—61

    37—203

    37—203

    37—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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    A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—14 to 37 centimeters (5.5 to 14.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial and 4.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt/E1—37 to 61 centimeters (14.6 to 24.0 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt/E2—61 to 96 centimeters (24.0 to 37.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt/E3—96 to 149 centimeters (37.8 to 58.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent coarse prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg/E1—149 to 187 centimeters (58.7 to 73.6 inches); 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent 10Y 6/3 (10Y 6/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Btg/E2—187 to 203 centimeters (73.6 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket