IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Francitas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970TX057027
  • User Pedon ID: S1970TX057027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4559
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40711
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 28.5674992
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6055527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5 miles SW and SE of Port Lavaca on TX Highway 238 to the intersection with TX Highway 316; .95 miles SE on TX Highway 316; 1.1 miles NE on field road; 100 feet SE from break in slope to the bay, 80 feet NW of field road, and 100 feet SW of gully.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX057—Calhoun
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX057—Calhoun County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Francitas
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Francitas
  • Classificaton Date - 2/9/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/9/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    A—0 to 41 centimeters (0.0 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; strong fine angular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34802
    Bss—41 to 97 centimeters (16.1 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34803
    Bkss1—97 to 150 centimeters (38.2 to 59.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34804
    Bkss2—150 to 175 centimeters (59.1 to 68.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 5 percent coats on faces of peds and 10 percent pressure faces and 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine iron concretions; 1 percent coarse carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34805
    Bkss3—175 to 208 centimeters (68.9 to 81.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions and 1 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34806
    BCk—208 to 274 centimeters (81.9 to 107.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; pressure faces; and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint light gray (2.5Y 7/2) iron depletions; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A34807