IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Labelle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11TX0713298
  • User Pedon ID: S2011TX0713298
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11TX0713298
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7632
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71714
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 29.7009389
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5943528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX071—Chambers
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX071—Chambers County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29094-F5—Oyster Bayou, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stacey Kloesel, Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Labelle
  • PSC - 34 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Labelle
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: relict meander belt
  • Landform: abanoned channel, flat coastal plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    MOCE2

    CRCA6

    PANO2

    Morella cerifera

    Croton capitatus

    Paspalum notatum

    wax myrtle

    hogwort

    bahiagrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    endosaturation

    0—64

    34—84

    147—188

    147—203

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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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    2.7

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    168

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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 12.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 12N01076; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 1 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01077; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—34 to 64 centimeters (13.4 to 25.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01078; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—64 to 109 centimeters (25.2 to 42.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01079; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—109 to 125 centimeters (42.9 to 49.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) slickensides (pedogenic) and 3 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 2 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01080; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btss—125 to 147 centimeters (49.2 to 57.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay; weak coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01081; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btkg—147 to 188 centimeters (57.9 to 74.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 8 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent coarse prominent light gray (5Y 7/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 15 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01082; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent coarse faint light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 12N01083; moist when described; observed in pit, small