IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pophers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S81TX225003
  • User Pedon ID: S81TX225003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S81TX225003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45685
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 31.5626812
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1478729
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Davy Crockett National Forest; about 4.0 miles southeast of the community of Weches, and about 100 feet southwest of Neches River.
  • Map Unit: Oz—Ozias-Pophers silty clay loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX225—Houston
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 16obsolete—Little Rock, AR
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX225—Houston County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31095-E2—Weches, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hallmark,Brockmann,Dolezel,Fuchs,Holt,Steptoe,Gray,Peters
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, active, acid, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pophers
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pophers
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Recent Alluvium formation of the Quaternary Alluvium group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    0—41

    0—178

    0—178

    41—178

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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

    0.5

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    —

    60

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 8.0 roots; 3 percent medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1128
    A2—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 8.0 roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1129
    Bg1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 8.0 roots; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1130
    Bg2—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1131
    Agb—79 to 84 centimeters (31.1 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.9 medium roots; 1 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1132
    Bgb1—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.9 medium roots; 1 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1133
    Bgb2—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1134
    Bgb3—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.9 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine salt masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1135
    Bgb4—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # TAMU1136