IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VICTORIA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001TX355-002
  • User Pedon ID: S2001TX355002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0836
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14364
  • 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: 27.5636120
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5529175
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Laureles Ranch. 1.7 Km NE of Petronila Creek.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX355—Nueces
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JON WIEDENFELD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Sodic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VICTORIA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - VICTORIA
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 16.0 very fine and fine roots; 6.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; ; 1 percent insect casts and 1 percent shell fragments; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04414
    Bw—12 to 30 centimeters (4.7 to 11.8 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 16.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 fine interstitial and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint pressure faces; 1 percent shell fragments and 1 percent insect casts; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04415
    Bss1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent distinct pressure faces; 1 percent fine spherical moderately coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1) iron-manganese nodules; 1 percent shell fragments; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04416
    Bss2—61 to 92 centimeters (24.0 to 36.2 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent insect casts and 1 percent shell fragments and 1 percent fine irregular moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04417
    Bkss1—92 to 114 centimeters (36.2 to 44.9 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent shell fragments and 5 percent insect casts and 1 percent fine irregular moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04418
    Bkss2—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches);, 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 30 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 5 percent insect casts and 1 percent shell fragments and 6 percent fine and medium irregular moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules and 7 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04419
    Bk—142 to 155 centimeters (55.9 to 61.0 inches);, 70 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct pressure faces; 10 percent fine and medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 2 percent insect casts and 1 percent fine and medium irregular moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules and 7 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04420
    By1—155 to 180 centimeters (61.0 to 70.9 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pressure faces; 5 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 10 percent fine and medium prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 5 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) insect casts throughout and 1 percent fine carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine gypsum masses lining pores and 1 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified and 3 percent medium and coarse gypsum masses in cracks; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04421
    By2—180 to 220 centimeters (70.9 to 86.6 inches);, light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint pressure faces; 1 percent fine distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 2 percent fine and medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/3) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) insect casts throughout and 1 percent fine carbonate masses and 1 percent fine carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine gypsum masses lining pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04422
    BCy1—220 to 266 centimeters (86.6 to 104.7 inches);, light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 3 percent medium prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries around rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04423
    BCy2—266 to 300 centimeters (104.7 to 118.1 inches);, light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # 01N04424