IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nueces
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX273015
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX273015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012TX273015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7921
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73120
  • 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: 27.2672462
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9878769
  • Datum: WGS84

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Akin, David Hinojosa, Gary Harris, Richard Gelnar and Clark Harshbarger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, 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, hyperthermic Arenic Paleustalfs
  • PSC - 64 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: sand sheet
  • 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: 3/22/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    2Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BC

    64

    85

    120

    171

    85

    120

    171

    203

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    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

    2Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BC

    64

    85

    120

    171

    85

    120

    171

    203

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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 %

    2Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BC

    64

    85

    120

    171

    85

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    171

    203

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CLDR

    ELTR4

    MOCI

    PRGLG

    Clematis drummondii

    Elionurus tripsacoides

    Monarda citriodora

    Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa

    Drummond's clematis

    Pan American balsamscale

    lemon beebalm

    honey mesquite

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—64

    64—171

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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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 75 percent sand; 6 percent clay; structureless single grain; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter, saturated paste.; observed in trench
    A—23 to 64 centimeters (9.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 75 percent sand; 6 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter, saturated paste.; observed in trench
    2Bt1—64 to 85 centimeters (25.2 to 33.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 33 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries between peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter, saturated paste.; observed in trench
    2Bt2—85 to 120 centimeters (33.5 to 47.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; 45 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter, saturated paste.; observed in trench
    2Bt3—120 to 171 centimeters (47.2 to 67.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter, saturated paste.; observed in trench
    2BC—171 to 203 centimeters (67.3 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter, saturated paste.; observed in trench