IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laewest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955TX469090
  • User Pedon ID: S1955TX469090
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4555
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40707
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.8 miles N of Bloomington, thence 1.4 miles E in native meadow.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX469—Victoria
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX469—Victoria County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harvey Oakes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Pelluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 90
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Laewest
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1955 (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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    A11—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; extremely hard, very plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34780
    A12—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 21.0 roots between peds; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34781
    A13—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 21.0 roots between peds; 0.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A34782
    AC1g—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; clay; weak subangular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34783. composite sample 94 to 155 cm.
    AC2cag—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0), dark gray (N 4/0) and gray (N 5/0), dry; clay; massive, and weak subangular blocky; extremely hard; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34783. composite sample 94 to 155 cm.
    AC3cag—155 to 180 centimeters (61.0 to 70.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; clay; 0.5 fine roots; carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34784. composite sample 155 to 229 cm.
    C—180 to 229 centimeters (70.9 to 90.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay; 3 percent fine faint mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34784. composite sample 155 to 229 cm.