IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galveston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TX007002
  • User Pedon ID: S99TX-007-01
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11631
  • 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: 28.3063889
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8231944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters; 1.25 miles west on Refuge Road along northern boundary of the refuge; 0.25 mile south on refuge road; 30 feet east in running live oak mott.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX007—Aransas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX620—San Patricio and Aransas Counties, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, hyperthermic Typic Udipsamments
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galveston
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, hyperthermic Typic Udipsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1999
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); 80 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 6.0 medium roots and 30.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P00867; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    22 to 46 centimeters (8.7 to 18.1 inches); 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine vesicular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 20 percent medium and coarse faint spherical light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores; fragments; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00868; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine vesicular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 30 percent coarse and very coarse faint spherical light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores; fragments; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00869; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    69 to 101 centimeters (27.2 to 39.8 inches); 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 20 percent coarse and very coarse faint spherical light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores; fragments; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00870; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    101 to 133 centimeters (39.8 to 52.4 inches); 90 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 5 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00871; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 91597; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 91597
    133 to 173 centimeters (52.4 to 68.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 fine roots; 0.2 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00872; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    173 to 213 centimeters (68.1 to 83.9 inches); light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) loamy fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00873; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    213 to 243 centimeters (83.9 to 95.7 inches); 60 percent greenish gray (5BG 6/1) and 20 percent greenish gray (10Y 6/1) and 10 percent light bluish gray (5B 7/1) fine sandy loam; single grain; soft, friable; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores and 2 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores and 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00874; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    243 to 273 centimeters (95.7 to 107.5 inches); 60 percent greenish gray (10GY 6/1) and 15 percent light greenish gray (10BG 7/1) and 10 percent bluish gray (5B 6/1) sandy clay loam; single grain; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores and 10 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 00P00875; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small