IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wockley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX2014321
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX2014321
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0983
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43234
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-2025-1
  • Project Name: MLRA 150A - Wockley fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 9/25/2024

    • 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: 29.9827500
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8519444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 28.00
  • Map Unit: Wo—Wockley fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • County: TX201—Harris
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX201—Harris County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wockley
  • PSC - 61 to 115 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wockley
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: inland rolling coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Willis formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/7/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: wetter than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 20
    • 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

    0.3

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    63.1

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    280

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 20.0 very fine roots; 10.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—19 to 37 centimeters (7.5 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine roots; 12.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores and 3 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 2 percent very fine worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—37 to 61 centimeters (14.6 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 12.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine and medium brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; 1 percent fine spherical silica concretions; fragments; 1 to 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. few crawfish krotovinas filled with light brownish gray fine sandy loam and lined with brownish gray (10YR 5/2) loam
    Bt—61 to 75 centimeters (24.0 to 29.5 inches); 70 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine and medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium spherical strongly coherent cemented silica concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments observed by weighed method; 1 to 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. few crawfish krotovinas filled with light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 930309; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 930309
    Btvc1—75 to 100 centimeters (29.5 to 39.4 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films; 3 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) plinthite nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 7 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 7 percent medium spherical strongly coherent cemented silica concretions in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments observed by weighed method; 1 to 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btvc2—100 to 127 centimeters (39.4 to 50.0 inches); 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films and 20 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay films; 2 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 8 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) plinthite nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; 5 percent medium spherical strongly coherent cemented silica concretions in matrix; 4 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments observed by weighed method; 1 to 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btvc3—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); 55 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films and 30 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) clay films; 4 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) plinthite nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine and medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 5 percent medium spherical strongly coherent cemented silica concretions in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments observed by weighed method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B't—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films and 20 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films; 5 percent medium prominent masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent N 7/1 (N 7/1) masses of reduced iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse prominent iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix; 3 percent medium spherical strongly coherent cemented silica concretions in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; wet when described; observed in pit, small