IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benavides
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983C-TX131-115BC
  • User Pedon ID: S2001TX131003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983C-TX131-115BC
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0877
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15164
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 27.6755829
  • Std. Longitude: -98.5410309
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 115BC—Benavides fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX131—Duval
  • MLRA: 83C—Central Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX131—Duval County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27098-F5—Parrilla Creek NE, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alan Stahnke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Aridic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Benavides
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benavides
  • Classificaton Date - 1/2/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Goliad formation of the Tertiary group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/2/2002 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21B
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BEMY

    CEPA8

    LEFR3

    PRGLG

    ZAFA

    Bernardia myricifolia

    Celtis pallida

    Leucophyllum frutescens

    Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa

    Zanthoxylum fagara

    mouse's eye

    spiny hackberry

    Texas barometer bush

    honey mesquite

    lime pricklyash

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—38

    15—216

    85—216

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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

    3

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    270

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    TAPS
    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular shell fragments throughout and 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04690
    Bw—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular shell fragments throughout and 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04691
    Bk1—38 to 85 centimeters (15.0 to 33.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules throughout and 4 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent fine irregular shell fragments throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04692
    Bk2—85 to 100 centimeters (33.5 to 39.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses throughout and 50 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04693
    Bk3—100 to 133 centimeters (39.4 to 52.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 15 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions throughout and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout and 10 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04694
    BCk1—133 to 188 centimeters (52.4 to 74.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses throughout and 10 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions throughout and 15 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04695
    BCk2—188 to 216 centimeters (74.0 to 85.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent coarse irregular carbonate concretions throughout and 10 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses throughout and 10 percent very coarse irregular carbonate masses throughout and 10 percent very coarse irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 01N04696