IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rio Grande
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984TX061001
  • User Pedon ID: 84TX061001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0319
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56035
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 26.0530548
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7863922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cameron County, TX; 7.0 miles S of Harlingen, TX on FR 1479, then 1.6 miles W on US 281,then 0.5 miles S on Cannon Rd.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX061—Cameron

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. L. Jacobs and C. L. Girdner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, hyperthermic Typic Ustifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rio Grande
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rio Grande
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic Typ
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01527. many fine roots
    1Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint organic stains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01528. few organic coats surface features; many fine roots
    1C1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine mottles; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01529. Many bedding planes evident.; many worm casts concentrations; many fine roots; few fine 10YR56 mottles
    1C2—46 to 89 centimeters (18.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine mottles; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01530. Many bedding planes evident.; few worm casts concentrations; many very fine roots; common fine 10YR56 mottles
    1C3—89 to 110 centimeters (35.0 to 43.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine mottles; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01531. Bedding planes evident.; many worm casts concentrations; many very fine roots; few fine 10YR56 mottles
    1C4—110 to 140 centimeters (43.3 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine mottles; soft, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01532. Bedding planes evident.; few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots; few fine 10YR56 mottles
    1C5—140 to 156 centimeters (55.1 to 61.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine mottles; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01533. few fine roots; few fine 10YR54 mottles
    1C6—156 to 178 centimeters (61.4 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine mottles; soft, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01534. Bedding planes evident.; few fine roots; few fine 10YR54 mottles