IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mocarey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S78TX167002
  • User Pedon ID: S78TX167002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S78TX167002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45652
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 29.3366278
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1102194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of Texas Highway 6 and Farm Road 646, 3.78 miles south on Farm Road 646 to Powers Road, 1.6 miles west on Powers Road, 0.3 mile northwest on Powers Road to Cloud Bayou, 0.45 mile northwest on Powers Road from Cloud Bayou to private road, 0.4 mile southwest on private road and 400 feet northwest in pasture.
  • Map Unit: MoA—Mocarey-Algoa loams complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX167—Galveston
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Regional Office: SC—South Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX167—Galveston County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T.Sobecki,R.Miles,E.Rivers,M.Vepraskas,L.Wilding
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mocarey
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Algoa
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-24
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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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    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

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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 %

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    0

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

    aquic conditions

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    argillic horizon

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    0—37

    29—135

    29—235

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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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    A1—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU601
    A2—17 to 29 centimeters (6.7 to 11.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; firm; 8.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU602
    Btk1—29 to 37 centimeters (11.4 to 14.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 40 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU603
    Btk2—37 to 48 centimeters (14.6 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to strong medium granular structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 12 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 12 percent distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions; 25 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU604
    Btk3—48 to 89 centimeters (18.9 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; 25 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU605, TAMU606
    Btk4—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine and medium granular structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; 25 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU607
    Btk5—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to strong fine and medium granular structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions; 25 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU608
    Bt—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 25 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU609
    2Btk—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 20 percent fine and medium carbonate masses and 20 percent fine and medium carbonate nodules; fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU610
    2Btg—190 to 210 centimeters (74.8 to 82.7 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU611, TAMU612
    2Bt—210 to 235 centimeters (82.7 to 92.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 20 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent medium iron-manganese nodules and 25 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU613
    2Ck—235 to 260 centimeters (92.5 to 102.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU614
    3Ck—260 to 310 centimeters (102.4 to 122.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse prominent and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) coarse prominent mottles; very firm; 20 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 20 percent carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # TAMU615