IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tenaha

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2009TX419001

User Pedon ID: S2009TX419001

Vegetation Plot ID: S2009TX419001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Pedon # - 09N0911

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24588

Print Date: 2/1/2025

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: 31.7029190

Std. Longitude: -93.8401947

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Tenaha - Shelby Co. TL

State: Texas

County: TX419—Shelby

MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX419—Shelby County, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: K. Grifith, J. Bolin, D. Sabo, R. Lambert, Larry Kichler, C. Edwards

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Arenic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Tenaha

PSC - 87 to 137 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/13/2014

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Tenaha

Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Arenic Hapludults

Classificaton Date - 5/12/2009

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: not certified

QC Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: moderately weathered, loamy residuum weathered from sandstone and shale

Landscape: coastal plain

Landform: interfluve

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: concave

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Bedrock: sandstone and shale

Geology: Queen City Sand formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 5/12/2009 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees

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
CAAM2 CARA2 CAREX LIST2 PIEC2 PITA QUERC QUNI RUBUS SAAL5	Callicarpa americana Campsis radicans Carex Liquidambar styraciflua Pinus echinata Pinus taeda Quercus Quercus nigra Rubus Sassafras albidum	American beautyberry trumpet creeper sedge sweetgum shortleaf pine loblolly pine oak water oak blackberry sassafras	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	weakly coherent	142 - 203	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon densic contact densic materials	0—18 87—142 142— 142—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
8	—	—	72.5	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03298

E—18 to 87 centimeters (7.1 to 34.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy fine sand; 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium faint spherical mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03299

Bt—87 to 116 centimeters (34.3 to 45.7 inches); variegated 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sandy clay loam; 5 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03300. continuous - phpvsfiid 458816; continuous - phpvsfiid 458816

BCt—116 to 142 centimeters (45.7 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) very coarse prominent reticulate mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03301. continuous - phpvsfiid 458815; continuous - phpvsfiid 458815

Cd1—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); ; weak coarse prismatic structure; rigid, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03302

Cd2—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); ; weak coarse prismatic structure; rigid, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity vesicular pores; ; fragments. Lab sample # 09N03303