IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ander
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007TX175002
  • User Pedon ID: S2007TX175002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0392
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19068
  • 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: 28.6471939
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6195297
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Goliad, Texas; from the intersection of Farm Road 1351 and Newton-Powell Road; 100 feet south on Farm Road 1351 to private ranch entrance; 0.3 mile west, .3 mile south, 1.8 mile west and southwest, 0.4 mile west, 0.95 mile north on ranch road; 75 feet east in range land.
  • Map Unit: 128B—Ander fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX175—Goliad
  • MLRA: 83A—Northern Rio Grande Plain
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX175—Goliad County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JKW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ander
  • PSC - 30 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ander
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy sandstone
  • Landscape: inland dissected coastal plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Geology: Goliad formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/7/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 11.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02015; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—16 to 30 centimeters (6.3 to 11.8 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; fine sandy loam; very friable; 8.0 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02016; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 42 centimeters (11.8 to 16.5 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint pressure faces and 10 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent very fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02017; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—42 to 71 centimeters (16.5 to 28.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint pressure faces and 20 percent distinct clay films; 3 percent medium and coarse dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02018; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint pressure faces and 20 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02019; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk1—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films; 1 percent medium brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02020; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk2—114 to 151 centimeters (44.9 to 59.4 inches);, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films; 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 8 percent fine and medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 3 percent fine white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N02021; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt'4—151 to 183 centimeters (59.4 to 72.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N02022; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very firm; 35 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 07N02023; moist when described; observed in pit, small