IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fetzer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996TX185005
  • User Pedon ID: S1996TX185005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S83TX185005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45705
  • 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: 30.2635841
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9238586
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of FR 2 and FR 362, 0.3 mile S on FM 362, 3.8 mi E on Dyer Mill Road, 0.3 mile S on county road, 0.1 mile E on logging trail, and 30 ft N of trail in woodland.
  • Map Unit: FeC—Fetzer loamy fine sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX185—Grimes
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 16obsolete—Little Rock, AR
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX185—Grimes County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Schlappi,Smith,Brockmann,Chervenka,Hallmark
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, active, thermic Aquic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: 1996 Grimes County Soil Survey
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fetzer
  • PSC - 100 to 150 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fetzer variant
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sedimentary rock
  • Landform: coastal plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Willis formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragic soil properties

    0—60

    60—156

    100—132

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1.5

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    107

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    190

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; medium roots and 8.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1735
    E—20 to 60 centimeters (7.9 to 23.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; medium roots and 8.0 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist,; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1736
    E/Bt—60 to 100 centimeters (23.6 to 39.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent medium prominent strongly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1737
    Btg1—100 to 132 centimeters (39.4 to 52.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 vesicular pores; 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1738
    Btg2—132 to 156 centimeters (52.0 to 61.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 40 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # TAMU1739