IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Texla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: P04TX199-100
  • User Pedon ID: S96TX199004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: P04TX199-100
  • Transect:
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S96TX199004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45533
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 30.1825000
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2713889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hardin County,Texas; from the intersection of Texas Highway 326 and Texas Highway 105 in Sour Lake, Texas; 6.4 miles east on Texas Highway 105 to forest road; 3.1 miles north on forest road; 75 feet west in forest.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX199—Hardin
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: REL, JKW, ALS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Texla
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Texla
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy over clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ILOP

    ILVO

    MAGNO

    PITA

    SMILA2

    Ilex opaca

    Ilex vomitoria

    Magnolia

    Pinus taeda

    Smilax

    American holly

    yaupon

    magnolia

    loblolly pine

    greenbrier

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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

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 15.0 very fine roots and 20.0 medium roots and 20.0 coarse roots; 2.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent fine irregular worm casts throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6022. 1" of pine needles on surface.
    E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 15.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 15.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6023. All redox boundaries are clear.
    E/Bt—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores and 5 percent fine and medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds and 8 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular worm casts throughout and 2 percent fine spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6024. All redox boundaries are clear except 2.5YR 4/8, which is sharp.
    Bt/E—43 to 97 centimeters (16.9 to 38.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine distinct and 5 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores and 2 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores and 5 percent fine and medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 7 percent fine and medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds and 20 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular worm casts throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6025
    Bt1—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay loam; 6 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 8 percent fine and medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine and medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores and 10 percent fine and medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6026
    Bt2—114 to 170 centimeters (44.9 to 66.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 30 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 5 percent faint gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 15 percent pressure faces; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; 1 percent albic tongues and 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU6027
    Bt3—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 25 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine prominent and 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 1.0 fine and medium roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent pressure faces and 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter. Lab sample # TAMU6028