IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yturria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX273001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX273001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012TX273001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7908
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73081
  • 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: 27.4119167
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0471878
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX273—Kleberg
  • MLRA: 83E—Sandsheet Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX613—Kenedy and Kleberg Counties, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Akin, David Hinojosa, Gary Harris, Shanna Dunn and Clark Harshbarger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, hyperthermic Pachic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yturria
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, hyperthermic Pachic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits derived from sedimentary rock over loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: Inland Dissected coastal plain
  • Landform: clay dune on sand sheet
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Silt Sheet formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R083EY023TX Sandy Loam

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/5/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 26
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FA

    CEPA8

    COHO

    DIAN

    TRSE

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    Celtis pallida

    Condalia hookeri

    Dichanthium annulatum

    Trachypogon secundus

    Forb, annual

    spiny hackberry

    Brazilian bluewood

    Kleberg's bluestem

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—65

    65—106

    106—203

    134—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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    36.7

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    Ap1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; 9 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Ap2—14 to 41 centimeters (5.5 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 60 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bw1—41 to 65 centimeters (16.1 to 25.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bw2—65 to 106 centimeters (25.6 to 41.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk1—106 to 134 centimeters (41.7 to 52.8 inches); variegated 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk2—134 to 160 centimeters (52.8 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    BCk—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 30 percent very coarse irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in trench