IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Batson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX2911007
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX2911007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7951
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73147
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 29.9179722
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5530083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX291—Liberty
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29094-H5—Whites Bayou, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cody Langston
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Batson
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Batson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • PSC - 62 to 112 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: relict meander belt on flat coastal plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—62

    62—203

    62—74

    106—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

    0.5

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    A—0 to 29 centimeters (0.0 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; 5.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E1—29 to 46 centimeters (11.4 to 18.1 inches); 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; 3 percent fine ironstone nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E2—46 to 62 centimeters (18.1 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 8.0 very fine and 1.0 medium pores; 1 percent fine ironstone nodules and 3 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 3 percent fine dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) worm casts with sharp boundaries; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et—62 to 74 centimeters (24.4 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 very fine and 2.0 fine pores; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 2 percent medium red (10R 4/8) ironstone nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; 15 to 20 percent albic tongues (volume percent); noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—74 to 106 centimeters (29.1 to 41.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 5 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—106 to 143 centimeters (41.7 to 56.3 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium greenish gray (10Y 6/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—143 to 167 centimeters (56.3 to 65.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 1.0 fine pores; 5 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse greenish gray (10Y 6/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—167 to 203 centimeters (65.7 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine pores; 5 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium greenish gray (10Y 6/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 12 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 40 percent very coarse yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent.; moist when described; observed in pit, small