IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lake Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX1575067
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX1575067
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0979
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43230
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 29.4897500
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8264167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX157—Fort Bend
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lake Charles
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat
  • Microfeature: circular gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/15/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine and medium worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04661; moist when described;
    Bw—14 to 45 centimeters (5.5 to 17.7 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 4.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pressure faces; 1 percent fine distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 1 percent fine and medium worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04662; moist when described;
    Bss—45 to 85 centimeters (17.7 to 33.5 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay; weak medium wedge parts to medium angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 1 percent fine very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04663; moist when described;
    Bkss1—85 to 119 centimeters (33.5 to 46.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese nodules and 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 2 percent fine and medium very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04664; moist when described;
    Bkss2—119 to 153 centimeters (46.9 to 60.2 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); and 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese nodules; 2 percent fine and medium very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04665; moist when described;
    Bkss3—153 to 176 centimeters (60.2 to 69.3 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese nodules and 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 2 percent fine and medium very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04666; moist when described;
    2Bkss4—176 to 188 centimeters (69.3 to 74.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine distinct black (7.5YR 2.5/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine silica concretions and 2 percent fine and medium very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04667; moist when described;
    2Bkss5—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.2 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine distinct black (7.5YR 2.5/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse prominent gray (5Y 6/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries on slickensides; 1 percent fine very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # 10N04668; moist when described;