IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RACOMBES
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956TX249001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956TX249001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4508
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40660
  • 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: 27.9358330
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9483337
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S 1.6 miles of Orange Grove on Highway 359 and 100 yards E of road in field.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX249—Jim Wells
  • MLRA: 83C—Central Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX249—Jim Wells County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Oakes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RACOMBES
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1956 (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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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy clay loam; weak granular structure; hard, friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A34463
    A12—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy clay loam; weak subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34464
    B1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; faint clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34465. patchy - phpvsfiid 191012; patchy - phpvsfiid 191012
    B21tca—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 21.0 fine pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent insect casts; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34466. patchy - phpvsfiid 191013; patchy - phpvsfiid 191013
    B22tca—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 21.0 fine pores; distinct clay films; 1 percent carbonate concretions and 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34467. Clay films are more distinct than in above horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 191014; patchy - phpvsfiid 191014
    B3ca—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions and 3 percent carbonate masses and 21 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34468. Structure similar to but weaker than that of the B21t; grades shortly to following horizon.
    C1ca—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; very hard, friable; 21 percent worm casts and 21 percent carbonate masses; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34469. CaCO3 masses range up to 1" in diameter.
    C2ca—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; clay loam; 21 percent carbonate masses and 21 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34470