IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): League
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012TX2911016
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX2911016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7960
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73191
  • 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: 29.9344306
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5032500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX291—Liberty
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX291—Liberty County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29094-H5—Whites Bayou, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - League
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - League
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Hapluderts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 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: moderately weathered, clayey fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: relict meander belt on flat coastal plain
  • Landform: backswamp
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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)
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    0—94

    38—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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    11.9

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    130

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 8.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 8 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent pressure faces; 8 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; 5 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bss1—38 to 55 centimeters (15.0 to 21.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty 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; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds and 3 percent fine gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 8 percent fine olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bss2—55 to 94 centimeters (21.7 to 37.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores and 3 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 5 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. crawfish krotovina filled with very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay
    Bss3—94 to 123 centimeters (37.0 to 48.4 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) 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 light gray (5Y 7/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent medium distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 10 to 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. crawfish krotovina filled with very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay
    Bssg1—123 to 164 centimeters (48.4 to 64.6 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) 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); 2 percent fine light greenish gray (10GY 7/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 35 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 1 to 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. crawfish krotovina filled with very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay
    Bssg2—164 to 203 centimeters (64.6 to 79.9 inches); light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) clay; strong coarse wedge structure; very firm; 50 percent prominent light gray (N 7/0), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 30 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 1 to 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. crawfish krotovina filled with very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay