IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOUSTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965MS095002
  • User Pedon ID: S1965MS095002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3958
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39601
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 33.8543053
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6725464
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: about 1600 feet west of gravel road and 154 feet south of field road; NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS095—Monroe
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS095—Monroe County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. E. Keenan and R. C. Carter
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30311
    A12—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) and 1 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30312
    B1—36 to 63 centimeters (14.2 to 24.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) and 1 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30313
    B21—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay; 3 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30314
    B22—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; strong effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30315
    B23G—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) and 1 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30316
    B3G—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) and 1 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30317
    C—165 to 188 centimeters (65.0 to 74.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) and 1 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; strong effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30318
    R—188 to 208 centimeters (74.0 to 81.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30319