IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shiro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996TX185003
  • User Pedon ID: S1996TX185003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S83TX185003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45703
  • 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: 30.5898056
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9885864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From intersection of Texas 30 and Texas 90 in Roans Prairie, 2.8 MI W on Texas 30, 0.6 MI S on private road, 50 FT W of road in woods
  • Map Unit: ShC—Shiro loamy fine sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX185—Grimes
  • MLRA: 87A—Texas Claypan Area, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX185—Grimes County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greenwade,Crenwelge,Schlappi,Smith,Hallmark,West
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Aquic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: 1996 Grimes County Soil Survey
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shiro
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shiro
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: low hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: siltstone, unspecified at 94cm
  • Geology: Whitsett formation of the Jackson group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/7/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-21
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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

    1.5

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1651
    E—15 to 31 centimeters (5.9 to 12.2 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1652
    Bt—31 to 49 centimeters (12.2 to 19.3 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; 40 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1653
    Btg1—49 to 75 centimeters (19.3 to 29.5 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; 3.0 pores; 75 percent clay films; 10 percent medium faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1654
    Btg2—75 to 94 centimeters (29.5 to 37.0 inches);, reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist; flaggy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; 10 percent fine faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 10 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1655
    Cd—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # TAMU1656