IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Salco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83C-TX131-478
  • User Pedon ID: S80TX131004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80TX131004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45498
  • 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: 27.9994450
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6136093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of Tx. Hwy. 16 and 59 in Freer; go 7.8 miles north on Tx Hwy. 16 , 1.3 miles west on private ranch road, .4 miles north on road, .55 mile mainly north west on road, site is 20 feet south of road in rangeland.
  • Map Unit: 478—Salco sandy clay loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX131—Duval
  • MLRA: 83C—Central Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX131—Duval County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28098-A5—Loma Alta, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred Minzenmayer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Salco (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/2018
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Salco
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Catahoula formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/13/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9D
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btk

    Ck

    18

    41

    66

    97

    132

    41

    66

    97

    132

    203

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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

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btk

    Ck

    18

    41

    66

    97

    132

    41

    66

    97

    132

    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 %

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    Bt2

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    Btk

    Ck

    18

    41

    66

    97

    132

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    203

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—41

    18—132

    97—203

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    —114—

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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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    40

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    TX3341

    Freer, TX3341

    TAPS
    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix and 2 percent fine spherical insect casts in matrix and 2 percent fine irregular shell fragments in matrix and 3 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions in matrix and 3 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU798
    Bt1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix and 2 percent fine spherical insect casts in matrix and 2 percent fine irregular shell fragments in matrix and 3 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions in matrix and 3 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU799
    Bt2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix and 2 percent fine spherical insect casts in matrix and 2 percent fine irregular shell fragments in matrix and 3 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions in matrix and 3 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU800
    Bt3—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix and 2 percent fine spherical insect casts in matrix and 2 percent fine irregular shell fragments in matrix and 3 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions in matrix and 3 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU801
    Btk—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions in matrix and 2 percent fine irregular shell fragments in matrix and 2 percent fine spherical insect casts in matrix and 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix and 3 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions in matrix; 4 percent by volume 2-10-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU802
    Ck—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix and 3 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions in matrix; 4 percent by volume 2-10-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TAMU803