IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LYFORD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980TX061002
  • User Pedon ID: S1980TX061002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48314
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 26.2166672
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5166702
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 18.1 KM NE of Harlingen on St. Rd. 345, Cameron County, and 2.7 KM
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX061—Cameron
  • MLRA: 83D—Lower Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX061—Cameron County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mausbach, Jacobs, Land, Girdner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Aquic Haplustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LYFORD
  • PSC - 43 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lyford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Aquic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00079
    A12—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00080
    B21T—43 to 62 centimeters (16.9 to 24.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine worm casts and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00081. patchy - phpvsfiid 200211; patchy - phpvsfiid 200211
    B22T—62 to 91 centimeters (24.4 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine worm casts and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00082. patchy - phpvsfiid 202531; patchy - phpvsfiid 202531
    B3CA—91 to 137 centimeters (35.8 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 21 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions and 1 percent medium threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00083
    CCA—137 to 162 centimeters (53.9 to 63.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions and 21 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 81P00084