IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lake Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955TX201090
  • User Pedon ID: S1955TX201090
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4554
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40706
  • 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: 29.8966667
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0208333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.5 miles NE of Crosby along railroad, 3.2 miles S of US Highway 90 along paved road, and on E side of a native meadow under power line.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX201—Harris
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX201—Harris 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 #: 90
  • 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
    • 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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    A1—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate and strong fine and medium granular structure; very friable, very sticky; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A34775
    A2—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; very friable, very sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34776
    Ag—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34777
    ACg—97 to 163 centimeters (38.2 to 64.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/0), gray (N 5/0), dry; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34778
    Cg1—163 to 229 centimeters (64.2 to 90.2 inches); clay; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34779
    Cg2—229 to 274 centimeters (90.2 to 107.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; clay; 21 percent carbonate concretions; fragments.