IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kountze
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX2911039
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX2911039
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8322
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73226
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 30.3556389
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9996944
  • 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 Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.0
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kountze
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flatwoods
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    E

    B/Et1

    B/Et2

    B/Et3

    B/Et4

    B/Et5

    0

    13

    30

    54

    82

    113

    154

    13

    30

    54

    82

    113

    154

    203

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    4.2

    8.5

    17.7

    21.3

    10.8

    13.8

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    52

    49.4

    49.3

    46.3

    44.9

    47

    48.8

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    43.8

    46.4

    42.2

    36

    33.8

    42.2

    37.4

    sieves

    sieves

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    sieves

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    0.2

    0.2

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    0

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    1

    0.8

    0.8

    0.6

    0

    0.6

    0.6

    15.2

    13.8

    13.8

    10.2

    10.6

    11.4

    13

    27.6

    31.6

    27.4

    25.2

    23.2

    30.2

    23.8

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    sil

    vfsl

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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

    A

    E

    B/Et1

    B/Et2

    B/Et3

    B/Et4

    B/Et5

    0

    13

    30

    54

    82

    113

    154

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    82

    113

    154

    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 %

    A

    E

    B/Et1

    B/Et2

    B/Et3

    B/Et4

    B/Et5

    0

    13

    30

    54

    82

    113

    154

    13

    30

    54

    82

    113

    154

    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—30

    13—203

    30—203

    30—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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; massive; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N04937; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and 5.0 fine pores; 2 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; ; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04938; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et1—30 to 54 centimeters (11.8 to 21.3 inches); 80 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et2—54 to 82 centimeters (21.3 to 32.3 inches); 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 6 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 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; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et3—82 to 113 centimeters (32.3 to 44.5 inches); 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et4—113 to 154 centimeters (44.5 to 60.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    B/Et5—154 to 203 centimeters (60.6 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent.; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket