IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Anahuac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11TX2911126
  • User Pedon ID: S83TX291001
  • User Site Association ID: FY2011_Bushong_Documentation
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S83TX291001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45637
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 30.2481583
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6911972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Liberty County, Texas; from the intersection of Texas Highway 146 and Texas Highway 105 in Moss Hill, 3 miles east on Texas Highway 105 and 150 feet northeast on a mound in pasture.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX291—Liberty
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX291—Liberty County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30094-B6—Hardin, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hallmark, Brockmann, Crenwelge, Griffith, Feuerbacher, & Holland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Anahuac
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, hyperthermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • PSC - 95 to 145 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1983
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: relict meander belt on flat coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Microfeature: pimple mound
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—84

    84—95

    95—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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    27

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 40 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 7.0 medium and 7.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1749; observed in pit, small
    A—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 38 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium and 7.0 fine pores; sand coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1750; observed in pit, small
    E1—40 to 66 centimeters (15.7 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 38 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 medium roots; 7.0 medium and 7.0 fine pores; 1 percent coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 4 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 6 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1751; observed in pit, small
    E2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 35 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium and 7.0 fine and 1.0 coarse pores; 4 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 6 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1752; observed in pit, small
    E/Bt—84 to 95 centimeters (33.1 to 37.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 31 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, moderately sticky; 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium and 7.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1753; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—95 to 124 centimeters (37.4 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; 22 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium and 1.0 fine pores; 15 percent pressure faces and 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1754; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—124 to 158 centimeters (48.8 to 62.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; 23 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, ferriargillans and 25 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1755; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—158 to 178 centimeters (62.2 to 70.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; 23 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 15 percent pressure faces and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium prominent red (10R 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, ferriargillans and 1 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU1756; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—178 to 200 centimeters (70.1 to 78.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) clay loam; 22 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 39 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky; 1.0 medium and 1.0 fine pores; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent coarse prominent red (10R 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # TAMU1757; observed in pit, small