IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beaumont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX2911015
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX2911015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7959
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72804
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 29.9454000
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4856389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX291—Liberty
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29094-H4—Winnie NW, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Chromic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaumont
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaumont
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Chromic Dystraquerts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • 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: moderately weathered, clayey fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: relict meander belt on flat coastal plain
  • Landform: backswamp
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • 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
    • 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

    Bw

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    Bssg1

    Bssg2

    Bssg3

    Bssg4

    0

    17

    36

    50

    69

    118

    180

    17

    36

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    69

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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

    Ap

    Bw

    Bss

    Bssg1

    Bssg2

    Bssg3

    Bssg4

    0

    17

    36

    50

    69

    118

    180

    17

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    69

    118

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    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 %

    Ap

    Bw

    Bss

    Bssg1

    Bssg2

    Bssg3

    Bssg4

    0

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    36

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    69

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    69

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    slickensides

    0—17

    17—203

    36—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

    0.1

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10.0 very fine roots and 20.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent medium red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 10 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—17 to 36 centimeters (6.7 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 30 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; 5 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bss—36 to 50 centimeters (14.2 to 19.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay; weak medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 5.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores and 20 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; 15 to 25 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg1—50 to 69 centimeters (19.7 to 27.2 inches); gray (N 5/0) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 5.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct gray (N 5/0), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine distinct bluish gray (10B 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on slickensides and 20 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; 15 to 25 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg2—69 to 118 centimeters (27.2 to 46.5 inches); gray (N 6/0) clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent gray (N 6/0), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 25 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; 15 to 25 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg3—118 to 180 centimeters (46.5 to 70.9 inches); light gray (N 7/0) clay; strong coarse wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent prominent light gray (N 7/0), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium distinct greenish gray (5G 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on slickensides and 20 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; 5 to 15 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg4—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); light gray (N 7/0) clay; strong coarse wedge structure; very firm; 50 percent prominent light gray (N 7/0), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 8 percent coarse olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on slickensides and 15 percent medium light bluish gray (5PB 7/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent.; moist when described; observed in pit, small