IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cart
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: TPTX419201CART
  • User Pedon ID: S2000TX419002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0137
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13259
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 31.9688282
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0485611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the intersection of TX Highway 84 and Farm Road 3174 between Joaquin and Haslam; 0.7 mile north and west on Farm Road 3174 to Faulkville Road (a Joaquin city street); 0.6 mile west on Faulkville Road (0.1 mile west of wastewater treatment plant); 40 feet north of road on mound.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Fragic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cart
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Fragic Glossudalfs
  • PSC - 44 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Microfeature: mound
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    fragipan

    glossic horizon

    29—200

    84—165

    146—165

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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

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    Ap—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 8.0 medium roots throughout and 12.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N00944; observed in pit, small
    E—9 to 29 centimeters (3.5 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, insect casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N00945. Horizon has one percent 10YR 2/1 charcoal fragments.
    EB—29 to 44 centimeters (11.4 to 17.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N00946
    Bt—44 to 84 centimeters (17.3 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.0 medium roots between peds and 5.0 fine roots between peds; 7.0 medium high-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 5 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions on faces of peds and 1 percent fine spherical red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 5 percent fine irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N00947. Horizon is 25 percent btittle.
    Btx—84 to 146 centimeters (33.1 to 57.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; brittle; 1.0 medium roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 7.0 medium high-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 5 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, plinthite nodules on faces of peds and 8 percent medium irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 15 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 30 percent medium irregular grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01N00948. Horizon is 50 percent brittle.
    Btx/E—146 to 165 centimeters (57.5 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; fragments; 40 percent albic tongues (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 01N00949
    Btx/E—146 to 165 centimeters (57.5 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; brittle; 1.0 medium roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, plinthite nodules on faces of peds and 10 percent medium irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 15 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N00949. Horizon is 50 percent brittle in Btx part.
    2Btg—165 to 200 centimeters (65.0 to 78.7 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 5 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 25 percent medium irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 01N00950