IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pirkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S00TX401127
  • User Pedon ID: S91TX401001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S91TX401001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45551
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.2197838
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7529068
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pirkey very fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes, in an area of hayland; from the traffic circle in Henderson, 5.6 km northeast on Texas Highway 43, 1.28 km north on Farm Road 1716 to Tumco mine plant entry road, 1.6 km west on entry road to intersection, 1.12 km north and west.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX401—Rusk
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX401—Rusk County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32094-B7—Henderson, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, acid, thermic Ultic Udarents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: 2000 Rusk County Soil Survey
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pirkey
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, acid, thermic Ultic Udarents
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: reconstructed oxidized materials from lignite mining
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/29/2011 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—18

    140—203

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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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4387
    A/C—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4388
    C1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4389
    C2—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent coarse dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay bodies; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4390
    C3—89 to 140 centimeters (35.0 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4391
    2C—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # TAMU4392