IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brazoria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX6002761
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX6002761
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0445
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58664
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 29.8255005
  • Std. Longitude: -96.0138626
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kenneth Hall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Chromic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brazoria
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brazoria
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Chromic Hapluderts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2010
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: slightly weathered, clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: .beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    0—15

    15—203

    160—203

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    —-

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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

    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 7.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N02321; dry when described;
    Bss1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; clay; moderate medium wedge parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 4.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N02322; dry when described;
    Bss2—30 to 71 centimeters (11.8 to 28.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay; strong medium wedge parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 medium pores; 25 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N02323; dry when described;
    Bssb1—71 to 113 centimeters (28.0 to 44.5 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 25 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 15 percent medium brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N02324; dry when described;
    Bssb2—113 to 138 centimeters (44.5 to 54.3 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 2.0 very fine roots in cracks; 1.0 very fine pores; 25 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N02325; dry when described;
    Bssb3—138 to 160 centimeters (54.3 to 63.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N02326; dry when described;
    Bkssb1—160 to 184 centimeters (63.0 to 72.4 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 40 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 5 percent fine carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N02327; dry when described;
    Bkssb2—184 to 203 centimeters (72.4 to 79.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard; 2.0 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine pores; 50 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores; 3 percent fine carbonate nodules and 2 percent fine brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 11N02328; dry when described;