IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lake Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955TX157094
  • User Pedon ID: S1955TX157094
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955TX157094
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4553
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40705
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-SDJR-FY16
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 150A - Lake Charles 0 to 1
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 29.6000004
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8819427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .5 miles W-NW of Rosenberg along TX Highway 36, S of the highway 250 yards and N of a county road 100 feet in a native pasture.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX157—Fort Bend
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX157—Fort Bend County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I. C. Mowery
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Pelluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 94
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey fluviomarine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: flat coastal plain
  • Landform: relict backswamp
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CYDA

    PAPL3

    Cynodon dactylon

    Paspalum plicatulum

    Bermudagrass

    brownseed paspalum

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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 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A34767
    A2—38 to 79 centimeters (15.0 to 31.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky; 0.5 roots; distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34768
    Ag—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34769
    ABg—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; 1 percent fine mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky; distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34770
    ABk—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 21 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34771
    2C1—173 to 191 centimeters (68.1 to 75.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; silty clay loam; massive; friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A34772
    2C2—191 to 216 centimeters (75.2 to 85.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay; weak subangular blocky structure; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A34773
    2C3—216 to 244 centimeters (85.0 to 96.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; silty clay loam; massive; friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34774