IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ecleto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S88TX255001
  • User Pedon ID: S88TX255001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S88TX255001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82717
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 29.1097222
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7247222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the intersection of Texas Highway 80 and Texas Highway 119 in Gillett; 4.4 miles south on Texas Highway 119 to county road; 400 feet east on county road; 400 feet north in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX255—Karnes
  • MLRA: 83A—Northern Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX255—Karnes County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29097-A6—Garfield, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, hyperthermic, shallow Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ecleto (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 8 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weigang
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, smectitic, hyperthermic, shallow Typic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 8 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from sandstone and siltstone
  • Landscape: inland, dissected coastal plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent sandstone, unspecified at 46cm with 10 to <45
  • Geology: Jackson group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    46 - 150

    - 104 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—46

    8—46

    46—

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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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    132.6

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (5.0) fine roots; common (2.0) fine pores; 1 percent fine insect casts; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3465
    Bt1—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; many (5.0) fine roots; common (2.0) fine pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine insect casts; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3466
    Bt2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; gravelly sandy clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) fine roots; few (0.8) fine pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine insect casts; 30 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-5-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3467
    Cr—46 to 203 centimeters (18.1 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; bedrock; structureless massive; moderately hard, moderately coherent; brittle; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate laminae in cracks; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # TAMU3468. layer is weakly cemented, coarsely fractured sandstone of loamy fine texture when crushed; sandstone can be dug with spade and auger