IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SARITA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976TX215002
  • User Pedon ID: S1976TX215002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4681
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41383
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 26.6441669
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0905533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in a pasture 100 feet south of ranch road from a point 1.4 miles east of intersection of ranch road, and US Highway 281, which intersection is 6 miles north of San Manual
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX215—Hidalgo
  • MLRA: 83C—Central Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX215—Hidalgo County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Grossarenic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SARITA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SARITA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35564
    A2—20 to 122 centimeters (7.9 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35565
    B21T—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35566
    B22T—132 to 147 centimeters (52.0 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent red (10R 4/6) distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35567
    B3—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak angular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35568