IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mockley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX2012051
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX2012051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0981
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43232
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-2025-3
  • Project Name: MLRA 150A - Hockley Map Units
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 29.9751949
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8543320
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: HoB—Hockley loamy fine sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX201—Harris County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kenny Hall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, semiactive, hyperthermic Plinthic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mockley
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hockley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, hyperthermic Plinthic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/2010 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    plinthite

    0—46

    46—203

    61—141

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    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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    64

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04677
    A—19 to 46 centimeters (7.5 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 2 percent medium very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04678
    Bt—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 7.5YR 3/6 (7.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04679
    Btcv1—61 to 87 centimeters (24.0 to 34.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, plinthite nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 7 percent medium black (10YR 2/1), moist, ironstone nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 25 percent coarse red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04680
    Btcv2—87 to 117 centimeters (34.3 to 46.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, plinthite nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 7 percent medium black (10YR 2/1), moist, ironstone nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent coarse red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 35 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04681
    Btcv3—117 to 141 centimeters (46.1 to 55.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium black (10YR 2/1), moist, ironstone nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, plinthite nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent coarse light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent coarse red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04682
    B't1—141 to 165 centimeters (55.5 to 65.0 inches); 45 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 25 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sandy clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04683
    B't2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 55 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent coarse dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 10N04684