IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Anahuac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX2911011
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX2911011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7955
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70909
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 29.9860806
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5006111
  • 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, mixed, active, 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 - Anahuac
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Anahuac
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Paleudolls
  • PSC - 47 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/2012
  • 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: relict meander
  • Microfeature: degraded bar
  • 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: 4/25/2012 (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

    albic horizon

    episaturation

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    endosaturation

    0—29

    29—47

    29—55

    47—55

    47—203

    82—133

    133—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 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—11 to 29 centimeters (4.3 to 11.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—29 to 47 centimeters (11.4 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine spherical ironstone nodules in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 5 percent medium dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) insect casts in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et—47 to 55 centimeters (18.5 to 21.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine ironstone nodules in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 30 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—55 to 82 centimeters (21.7 to 32.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent pressure faces and 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent red (10R 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btss—82 to 133 centimeters (32.3 to 52.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) slickensides (pedogenic) and 15 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 25 percent coarse prominent irregular red (10R 4/8) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—133 to 161 centimeters (52.4 to 63.4 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct irregular greenish gray (10Y 6/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 15 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse prominent irregular red (10R 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—161 to 203 centimeters (63.4 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular greenish gray (10Y 6/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 10 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent.; moist when described; observed in pit, small