IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Falfurrias
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S87TX261004
  • User Pedon ID: S87TX261004
  • User Site Association ID: Kenedy Foundation
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S87TX261004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45713
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 27.0010548
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9080811
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kenedy County, Texas; from the intersection US HWY 77 and La Parra Avenue in Sarita; 15.25 miles south on U.S. Highway 77; 8.1 miles west on ranch road; 50 feet north in rangeland. Sarita SW, Texas USGS topographic quadrangle.
  • Map Unit: FoD—Falfurrias-Cayo complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX261—Kenedy
  • MLRA: 83E—Sandsheet Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX613—Kenedy and Kleberg Counties, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27097-A8—Sarita SW, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: tamu
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, hyperthermic Typic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Falfurrias
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Falfurrias
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Geology: Sandsheet Prairie formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 2.0 medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3206
    A2—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3207
    C1—53 to 130 centimeters (20.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3208
    C2—130 to 209 centimeters (51.2 to 82.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, very friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 3 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3209
    C3—209 to 250 centimeters (82.3 to 98.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fine sand; structureless single grain; loose, very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # TAMU3210