IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aris
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX2911013
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX2911013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7957
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73188
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 29.9757222
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5168889
  • 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-silty, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aris
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aris
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, active, hyperthermic Typic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 18 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from mixed
  • Landform: —Error in Exists On—
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods begining in jan
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/2012 (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 - 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A2

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Btkg1

    Btkg2

    0

    18

    48

    90

    131

    165

    18

    48

    90

    131

    165

    203

    3.3

    31

    35.4

    40.8

    39.5

    41.1

    91.2

    54.5

    60.2

    44.3

    34.1

    38.8

    5.6

    13.8

    4.4

    14.9

    26.4

    20.1

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    1

    2.1

    0.4

    4.5

    11.7

    3.9

    sil

    sicl

    sicl

    sic

    cl

    c

    5.6

    6.4

    6.9

    7.2

    7.3

    7.5

    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

    Ap

    A2

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Btkg1

    Btkg2

    0

    18

    48

    90

    131

    165

    18

    48

    90

    131

    165

    203

    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 %

    Ap

    A2

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Btkg1

    Btkg2

    0

    18

    48

    90

    131

    165

    18

    48

    90

    131

    165

    203

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

    ochric epipedon

    episaturation

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—18

    0—90

    0—90

    18—203

    131—203

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    0.1

    130

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine interstitial and 5.0 fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 8 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; 5 to 15 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores and 5 percent fine faint irregular gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 8 percent fine distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; 25 to 35 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—48 to 90 centimeters (18.9 to 35.4 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; 35 to 45 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—90 to 131 centimeters (35.4 to 51.6 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct pressure faces; 2 percent fine distinct irregular light greenish gray (5GY 7/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 5 percent medium prominent irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent medium prominent irregular olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; 35 to 45 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btkg1—131 to 165 centimeters (51.6 to 65.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct pressure faces; 3 percent medium prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular light greenish gray (5GY 7/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 8 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on ped faces and pores; 2 percent medium irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 9/1) carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; 35 to 45 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btkg2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light gray (N 7/0) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint light gray (N 7/0) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct irregular light greenish gray (5GY 7/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 5 percent medium prominent irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 8 percent coarse irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 9/1) carbonate nodules in matrix and 3 percent medium irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 9/1) carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; 25 to 35 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent.; moist when described; observed in pit, small