IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX2911010
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX2911010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7954
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73253
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 29.9227361
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5432222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX291—Liberty
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29094-H5—Whites Bayou, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morey
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morey
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Aquic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/2012
  • 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 mixed
  • Landscape: flat coastal plain
  • Landform: degraded point bar on relict meander
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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 - 24
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    episaturation

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    aquic conditions

    endosaturation

    0—46

    16—69

    30—203

    69—203

    69—87

    143—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

    0.3

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    —

    —

    —

    130

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    A1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 2 percent fine worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—16 to 30 centimeters (6.3 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 12.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine faint irregular dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 1 percent fine distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; 1 percent fine worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint irregular gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 2 percent fine distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; 2 to 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 5 percent fine faint irregular gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 5 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; 2 to 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk—69 to 87 centimeters (27.2 to 34.3 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 8 percent medium prominent irregular olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; 1 percent coarse irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; 2 to 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btkss—87 to 143 centimeters (34.3 to 56.3 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face clay; weak coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 5 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium prominent irregular olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; 1 percent coarse irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; 5 to 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btkg1—143 to 173 centimeters (56.3 to 68.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay films on top faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct irregular light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 5 percent medium prominent irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent coarse irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; 5 to 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btkg2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay films on top faces of peds; 3 percent medium prominent irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 15 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent coarse irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules; fragments; 5 to 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small