IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colmena

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2012TX273005

User Pedon ID: S2012TX273005

Vegetation Plot ID: S2012TX273005

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 12N7912

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73230

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: 27.2626190

Std. Longitude: -97.9188919

Datum: WGS84

State: Texas

County: TX273—Kleberg

MLRA: 83E—Sandsheet Prairie

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX613—Kenedy and Kleberg Counties, Texas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27097-C8—Paisano Lake, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: Jim Akin, David Hinojosa, Gary Harris, Shanna Dunn and Clark Harshbarger

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Pachic Paleustolls

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Colmena

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Pachic Paleustolls

PSC - 49 to 99 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/12/2012

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: sandy eolian deposits over fine-loamy alluvium

Landform: clay dune on sand sheet on coastal plain

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: middle 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: 3/12/2012 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - partly cloudy

Current Air Temp - 27

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
2FA CEPA8 PRGLG SCSC	— Celtis pallida Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa Schizachyrium scoparium	Forb, annual spiny hackberry honey mesquite little bluestem	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon	0—80 49—203	—- —-

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
2.5	—	—	20.8	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 49 centimeters (0.0 to 19.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench. Large animal burrow in the face of pit. 15 cm in diameter.

2Bt1—49 to 80 centimeters (19.3 to 31.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 29 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; common (2.0) medium tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in trench

2Bt2—80 to 126 centimeters (31.5 to 49.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; moderately dry when described; observed in trench

2Bt3—126 to 176 centimeters (49.6 to 69.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; few (1.0) fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in trench

2Bt4—176 to 203 centimeters (69.3 to 79.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog.; very dry when described; observed in trench