IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S96TX339002
  • User Pedon ID: S96TX339002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S96TX339002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45729
  • 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: 30.5155888
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7226791
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the intersection of FM 1375 and FM 149, 0.75 mile south on FM 149; 400 feet west on woods road; 25 feet south in woodland. SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL FOREST, Compartment 15.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX339—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LJS, D. SLABAUGH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Grossarenic Plinthic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boy
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gunter
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Geology: Willis formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 20.0 fine and medium roots and 5.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU5085; observed in trench
    E1—18 to 80 centimeters (7.1 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable; 5.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU5086; observed in trench
    E2—80 to 124 centimeters (31.5 to 48.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU5087; observed in trench
    E/B—124 to 168 centimeters (48.8 to 66.1 inches); 65 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese nodules and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU5088; observed in trench
    BT/E—168 to 185 centimeters (66.1 to 72.8 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1.0 medium and coarse roots; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, skeletans; 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # TAMU5089; observed in trench
    2BT—185 to 200 centimeters (72.8 to 78.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU5090; observed in trench