IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sourlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX1991031
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX1991031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8311
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72558
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 30.2616833
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5252528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX199—Hardin
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX199—Hardin County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30094-C5—Saratoga, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kenny Hall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, siliceous, active, acid, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sourlake
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manco
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Epiaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slightly weathered, fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Geology: Floodplain formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bw

    Bg1

    Bg2

    Bg3

    Bg4

    0

    8

    25

    46

    102

    166

    8

    25

    46

    102

    166

    203

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    10.3

    12.2

    12.2

    24.2

    26.2

    26.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    60.7

    55.4

    51.8

    50.2

    52.8

    48.8

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    29

    32.4

    36

    25.6

    21

    25

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0.4

    0.6

    0.4

    0.4

    0

    0.2

    8.8

    11.2

    7.4

    6.4

    6.4

    7.6

    19.8

    20.6

    28.2

    18.8

    14.6

    17.2

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    sil

    sil

    sil

    sil

    sil

    l

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    5.4

    4.7

    4.2

    4.2

    4.2

    4.2
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    Bw

    Bg1

    Bg2

    Bg3

    Bg4

    0

    8

    25

    46

    102

    166

    8

    25

    46

    102

    166

    203

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    2.6

    2.3

    3.4

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    0.2

    0.2

    0.2

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    1.3

    0.1

    0.6

    —

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    50

    57

    82

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bw

    Bg1

    Bg2

    Bg3

    Bg4

    0

    8

    25

    46

    102

    166

    8

    25

    46

    102

    166

    203

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    0.2

    0.2

    0.2

    0.4

    2.8

    3.9

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    3.4

    1

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

    episaturation

    redox concentrations

    ochric epipedon

    endosaturation

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    0—203

    0—8

    25—203

    25—203

    25—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

    0.1

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    20.1

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    270

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N04872; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 7.0 fine pores; 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N04873; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 12 percent medium prominent N 7/1 (N 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores and 20 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04874; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—46 to 102 centimeters (18.1 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 6 percent fine prominent N 8/1 (N 8/1), moist, iron depletions on surfaces along root channels and 15 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04875; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg3—102 to 166 centimeters (40.2 to 65.4 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 6 percent fine prominent N 8/1 (N 8/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N04876; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bg4—166 to 203 centimeters (65.4 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 6 percent medium prominent N 7/1 (N 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores and 20 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N04877; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket