IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Inari
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003-TX175-001
  • User Pedon ID: S2003TX175001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16444
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024
  • 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: 28.5050278
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2236633
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the Refugio and Goliad County line marker on Texas Highway 239, 1.0 mile west on Texas Highway 239 to gate on south side of road, 7.0 miles south and southwest on ranch road to double windmills, 0.9 mile northwest and west on ranch road, and 0.2 mile northwest in rangeland.
  • Map Unit: 121A—Inari fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX175—Goliad
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX175—Goliad County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28097-E2—Lott Lake, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld, Stacey Kloesel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Inari
  • Classificaton Date - 3/31/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Faddin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Vertic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


  • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Lissie formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8279-44
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    abrupt textural change

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—28

    28—28

    28—203

    91—203

    91—203

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    0.8

    30

    135

    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 9.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01049; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine and medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01050; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299757; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299759; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299757; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299759
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), gray (10YR 5/1), moist; sandy clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 4 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 8 percent fine and medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01051; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299775; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299775
    Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), gray (10YR 5/1), moist; sandy clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent prominent pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium and coarse distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine and medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01052; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299766; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299766
    Btk1—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct sand coats on all faces of peds and 20 percent faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01053; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299762; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299762
    Btk2—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent faint sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01054; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299770; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299770
    Btk3—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent distinct sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent faint pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellow (2.5Y 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N01055; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299767; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1299767