IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DARCO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974TX001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974TX001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4629
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40781
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 31.5780563
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4922256
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 6.5 miles east of Elkhart; the pedon is 50 feet north of county road, .4 miles east of Salmon Missionary Baptist Church, 4.4 miles southeast of the intersection of US Highway 287 and Texas Highway 294 which is about 2 miles southeast of Elkhart, Anderson County, Texas
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX001—Anderson
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX001—Anderson County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, thermic Arenic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DARCO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - DARCO
  • Classificaton Date - 2/12/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/12/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35218
    A12—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy fine sand; single grain; soft; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35219
    A21—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35220
    A22—76 to 117 centimeters (29.9 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35221
    B21T—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35222
    B22T—157 to 188 centimeters (61.8 to 74.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 21 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35223. patchy - phpvsfiid 200324; patchy - phpvsfiid 200324
    B23T—188 to 218 centimeters (74.0 to 85.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35224. patchy - phpvsfiid 200325; patchy - phpvsfiid 200325