IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ELMINA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970TX471005
  • User Pedon ID: S1970TX471005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970TX471005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4606
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40758
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 30.7294445
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6975021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in a mixed stand of shortleaf and loblolly pine, 25 feet north of a country road from a point east-northeast of its intersection with Farm Road 2550; this point being 2.95 miles north of the intersection of Farm Road 2550 and Texas Highway 30; this intersection being 7.75 miles west of the intersection of Texas Highway 30 and Interstate 45 in Huntsville, Texas
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX471—Walker
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX471—Walker County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. S. McKee, C. L. Godfrey, and sampling party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, montmorillonitic, thermic Aquic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ELMINA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ELMINA
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIEC2

    PITA

    QUMA3

    QUST

    Pinus echinata

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus marilandica

    Quercus stellata

    shortleaf pine

    loblolly pine

    blackjack oak

    post oak

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    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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35098
    A21—10 to 51 centimeters (3.9 to 20.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loamy fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 3.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35099
    A22—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loamy fine sand; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; single grain; soft, very friable; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35100
    A23&B1—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loamy fine sand; single grain; very friable, nonsticky; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35101
    B21TG—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots between peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35102
    B22TG—107 to 150 centimeters (42.1 to 59.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 3 percent dark red (10R 3/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35103
    R&C1—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A35104
    2C2—183 to 208 centimeters (72.0 to 81.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35105