IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yturria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX273003
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX273003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012TX273003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7910
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70621
  • 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: 27.3963585
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9538040
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX273—Kleberg
  • MLRA: 83E—Sandsheet Prairie
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27097-D8—Escondido Lake, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Akin, David Hinojosa, Gary Harris, Shanna Dunn and Clark Harshbarger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Pachic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yturria
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Pachic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: Clay dune
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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: 3/7/2012 (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 - overcast
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FA

    ARIST

    CLDR

    COTET

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    Aristida

    Clematis drummondii

    Colubrina texensis var. texensis

    Forb, annual

    threeawn

    Drummond's clematis

    Texan hogplum

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

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—50

    28—126

    126—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

    1.5

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), 60 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk1—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), 60 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk2—50 to 85 centimeters (19.7 to 33.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk3—85 to 126 centimeters (33.5 to 49.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; ; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk4—126 to 164 centimeters (49.6 to 64.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent coarse distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    BCk—164 to 203 centimeters (64.6 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; loam; 23 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in trench