IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Faddin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978TX469002
  • User Pedon ID: S1978TX469002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46220
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: From junction of Loop 175 & US77 SW of Victoria 18.1 km S on 77to FR 445 3 km E on 445 1.6 km NE 720 meters E 15 meters N
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX469—Victoria

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lane W. Miller R. Bruns P. Flores and A. Peer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Faddin (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Faddin
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—61

    41—117

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    Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 41 centimeters (0.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00183. many very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate fine blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00184. few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; few medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; common coarse distinct 2.5YR46 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 434126; patchy - phpvsfiid 434126
    Bt2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse faint mottles; moderate fine blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00185. few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots; common coarse faint 10YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 434128; patchy - phpvsfiid 434128
    Bt3—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; sandy clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00186. Carbonate concretions are pitted.; few fine dark concretions concentrations; few very fine and fine lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots
    Bk—117 to 203 centimeters (46.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, dry; clay loam; weak medium and coarse blocky, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P00187. Few hard pitted carbonate concretions 2.5 to 8 cm in length.; few fine dark concretions concentrations; common soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 434131; patchy - phpvsfiid 434131