IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beaumont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX0711006
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX0711006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S12TX0711006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7636
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72791
  • 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: 29.8174417
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4341694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX071—Chambers
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29094-G4—Stowell, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JKW,KBH,SAK,JTB,AS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, hyperthermic Chromic Dystraquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaumont
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaumont
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, clayey fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: relict meander belt on coastal plain
  • Landform: backswamp on flat
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other 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

    AMBRO

    ANGL2

    PALI7

    PAUR2

    SOLID

    Ambrosia

    Andropogon glomeratus

    Paspalum lividum

    Paspalum urvillei

    Solidago

    ragweed

    bushy bluestem

    longtom

    Vasey's grass

    goldenrod

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    slickensides

    endosaturation

    0—38

    13—38

    38—203

    72—

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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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    7.6

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01105; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 8 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01106; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bss—38 to 72 centimeters (15.0 to 28.3 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay; weak medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent medium black (N 2.5/) iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine N 5/1 (N 5/1), moist, iron depletions in cracks and 25 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01107; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg1—72 to 108 centimeters (28.3 to 42.5 inches); N 5/1 (N 5/1) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 40 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01108; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg2—108 to 133 centimeters (42.5 to 52.4 inches); N 5/1 (N 5/1) clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse N 6/1 (N 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in cracks and 30 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01109; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg3—133 to 160 centimeters (52.4 to 63.0 inches); N 6/1 (N 6/1) clay; moderate extremely coarse wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse N 7/1 (N 7/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on slickensides and 25 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01110; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg4—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) clay; moderate extremely coarse wedge structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent coarse prominent red (10R 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 8 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 12N01111; moist when described; observed in pit, small