IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nueces

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2012TX273011

User Pedon ID: S2012TX273011

Vegetation Plot ID: S2012TX273011

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 12N7918

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73197

Print Date: 2/16/2025

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: 27.2812519

Std. Longitude: -97.9153595

Datum: WGS84

State: Texas

County: TX273—Kleberg

MLRA: 83E—Sandsheet Prairie

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

PEDON

Describers Name: Jim Akin, David Hinojosa, Gary Harris, Richard Gelnar and Clark Harshbargerr

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Arenic Paleustalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: within range of map unit

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Nueces

Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Arenic Paleustalfs

PSC - 72 to 122 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/20/2012

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 over loamy alluvium

Landscape: Sand Sheet plains

Landform: flat

Geomorphic Component Flats: talf

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: moderately 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
R083EY022TX	Loamy Sand

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/20/2012 (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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
2FA CEPA8 ELTR4 PRGLG TRADE	— Celtis pallida Elionurus tripsacoides Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa Tradescantia	Forb, annual spiny hackberry Pan American balsamscale honey mesquite spiderwort	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon redox concentrations reduced matrix calcic horizon	0—72 72—201 72—150 85—114 201—215	—- —- —- —- —-

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
0.3	—	—	17	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench

A—22 to 55 centimeters (8.7 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench

E—55 to 72 centimeters (21.7 to 28.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench

2Bt1—72 to 85 centimeters (28.3 to 33.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 60 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench

2Bt2—85 to 114 centimeters (33.5 to 44.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 60 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; distinct irregular noncoherent cemented reduced matrix with clear boundaries in matrix and 35 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench

2Bt3—114 to 150 centimeters (44.9 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench

2Bt4—150 to 201 centimeters (59.1 to 79.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench

2BCk—201 to 215 centimeters (79.1 to 84.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in trench