IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westcott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX2911038
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX2911038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8321
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72983
  • 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: 30.3555972
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0396972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX291—Liberty
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cody N Langston
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.0
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westcott
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Glossudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    A

    B/Et1

    B/Et2

    B/Etg1

    B/Etg2

    0

    7

    35

    71

    116

    165

    7

    35

    71

    116

    165

    203

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    5.2

    6.2

    10.2

    22.7

    24.8

    25.6

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    56.8

    54.2

    54.1

    46.1

    44.1

    40.8

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    38

    39.6

    35.7

    31.2

    31.2

    33.6

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

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    0

    0

    0

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    0

    0

    0

    0

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    1.3

    0.6

    0.6

    0.8

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    11

    11.4

    9.7

    9.1

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    26

    27.6

    25.4

    21.3

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    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

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    sil

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    4.6

    4.5

    5.2
    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

    A

    B/Et1

    B/Et2

    B/Etg1

    B/Etg2

    0

    7

    35

    71

    116

    165

    7

    35

    71

    116

    165

    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

    A

    B/Et1

    B/Et2

    B/Etg1

    B/Etg2

    0

    7

    35

    71

    116

    165

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    71

    116

    165

    203

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—35

    7—203

    35—203

    35—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

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    Ap—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; massive; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N04931; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—7 to 35 centimeters (2.8 to 13.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; massive; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; fine iron-manganese nodules and 2 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; ; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04932; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et1—35 to 71 centimeters (13.8 to 28.0 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et2—71 to 116 centimeters (28.0 to 45.7 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 5 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 20 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Etg1—116 to 165 centimeters (45.7 to 65.0 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 25 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    B/Etg2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 25 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket