IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOUSTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965MS095001
  • User Pedon ID: S1965MS095001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3961
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39604
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: about 3/4 mile SE Muldon, Mississippi, and 362 feet south of gravel road and about 1800 feet east of railroad; NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS095—Monroe
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS095—Monroe County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. C. Murphree and R. C. Carter
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HOUSTON
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1965 (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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silty clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30335
    A12—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30336
    A12—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30337
    B21—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30338
    B22—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30339
    B23—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) clay; 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments; strong effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30340
    B3—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30341
    R—165 to 208 centimeters (65.0 to 81.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30342