IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Delfina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978TX249001
  • User Pedon ID: S1978TX249001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0415
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45969
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 27.6444435
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0250015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jim Wells County, TX 14 km S on US 281 from US 44 intersection in Alice 6.2 km E on FM rd 2508 76 meters S in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX249—Jim Wells

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Delfina
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2015
  • Classifier - Gary Harris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Delfina
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Aquic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: dune
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1978 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—262

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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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02300
    A—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02301
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02302. continuous - phpvsfiid 1191367; continuous - phpvsfiid 1191367
    Bt2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) medium and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium mottles; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02303. continuous - phpvsfiid 1191368; continuous - phpvsfiid 1191368
    Btk1—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 11 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) medium and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium mottles; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02304
    Btk2—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) coarse mottles; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02305
    Btk3—165 to 218 centimeters (65.0 to 85.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02306. patchy - phpvsfiid 1191371; patchy - phpvsfiid 1191371
    Bk1—218 to 262 centimeters (85.8 to 103.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02307
    Bk2—262 to 295 centimeters (103.1 to 116.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, moist; loam; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent black stains on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 78P02308
    Bk3—295 to 338 centimeters (116.1 to 133.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0. Lab sample # 78P02309. Few bodies 3 to 6 mm in dia. of FSL.