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:
11/12/2024
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
—
—
27
—
225
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—
—
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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