IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Surfside
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976TX039006
  • User Pedon ID: S1976TX039006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976TX039006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4672
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41374
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 28.9786111
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3291667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.1 miles northeast of Freeport on Farm Road 523 to Farm Road 332; thence southeast .6 miles; thence 200 feet north of road in Gulf cordgrass range
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX039—Brazoria
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX039—Brazoria County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jack D. Crout
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Surfside
  • Classificaton Date - 2/17/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SURFSIDE
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    SPSP

    Spartina spartinae

    gulf cordgrass

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    Ag1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; medium subangular blocky, and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35520
    Ag2—25 to 81 centimeters (9.8 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35521
    Bg—81 to 165 centimeters (31.9 to 65.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; clay; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine distinct and 3 percent gray (7.5YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35522