IDENTIFIERS

  • User Site ID: S83TX185008
  • User Pedon ID: S83TX185008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S83TX185008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82638
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 30.5987194
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9500111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From intersection of Texas highway 30 and county road 2862 near Roans Prairie, N 0.6 mile to ranch entrance. Site is located in range pasture 0.3 mile south of barns.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX185—Grimes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rehage, Wilding, West
  • 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 - Elmina
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, smectitic, thermic Aquic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 84 to 134 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/2012
  • Classifier - A Stahnke
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Rehage, Wilding, West, Gonzalez
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithologic discontinuity

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—67

    11—200

    67—200

    76—145

    84—200

    84—200

    145—168

    168—200

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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
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    Ap—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1724
    A—11 to 24 centimeters (4.3 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1725
    E1—24 to 48 centimeters (9.4 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1726
    E2—48 to 67 centimeters (18.9 to 26.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1727
    E3/Bt—67 to 76 centimeters (26.4 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent coarse faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 10 percent medium masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1728
    2B/E4—76 to 84 centimeters (29.9 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 2-?-4 millimeter quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1729
    2Btg1—84 to 103 centimeters (33.1 to 40.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium iron depletions on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent medium dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 10 percent medium masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1730
    2Btg2—103 to 119 centimeters (40.6 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; coarse greenish gray (5GY 5/1) iron depletions and 1 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium greenish gray (5GY 5/1) iron depletions; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) salt masses on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1731
    3Btg3—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately plastic; 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 10 percent medium prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 10 percent coarse greenish gray (5GY 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1732
    3Btg4—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky; 0.5 fine roots; ; 1 percent medium gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions on surfaces along root channels and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse faint brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1733
    4Btg5—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films; 1 percent coarse greenish gray (5G 5/1) iron depletions on faces of peds and 10 percent coarse prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # TAMU1734