IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guyton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: TPTX419201GUYTON
  • User Pedon ID: S2000TX419001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0136
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13258
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 31.9688034
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0488052
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the intersection of TX Hwy 84 and Farm Road 3174 between Joaquin and Haslam; north and west on Farm Road 3174 0.75 mile to intersection with Faulkville Road (a Joaquin city street); approximately 0.6 mile west on Faulkville Road (west of city wastewater plant); 45 feet north of the road in open field newly planted to pines.
  • Map Unit: GuA—GUYTON-CART COMPLEX, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES, MOUNDED
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX419—Shelby
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX419—Shelby County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31094-H1—Logansport West, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Slaybaugh, Sabo
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guyton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • PSC - 78 to 128 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Fluviatile Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5A
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    23—210

    32—107

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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

    0.3

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N00937; observed in pit, small
    Eg—8 to 32 centimeters (3.1 to 12.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 8 percent fine distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 15 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N00938
    E/Btg—32 to 78 centimeters (12.6 to 30.7 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam, silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots in cracks; 1 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint spherical very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 1 percent fine faint dendritic dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, barite masses between peds; fragments; 60 percent krotovinas (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N00939. Many 10YR 4/1 clay cups at bottom of krotovinas.
    Btg/E—78 to 107 centimeters (30.7 to 42.1 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings and 10 percent fine faint irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, barite masses between peds; fragments; 40 percent krotovinas (volume percent); neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N00940. Many 10YR 4/1 clay cups at bottom of krotovinas.
    Btg1—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 3 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 3 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, barite masses between peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N00941
    Btg2—142 to 172 centimeters (55.9 to 67.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 3 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 8 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 2 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, barite masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N00942
    Btg3—172 to 210 centimeters (67.7 to 82.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 3 percent distinct pressure faces and 3 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 3 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese masses and 8 percent medium prominent irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 01N00943