IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CASTROVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984TX325001
  • User Pedon ID: 84TX325001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0455
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54699
  • 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: 29.3222218
  • Std. Longitude: -99.1250000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Medina County, Texas. 1.75 miles west on US Highway 90 from its junction with Farm Road 1250 on west side of Hondo, 0.5 miles south on county road, 800 feet east, 50 feet south in cultivated field.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX325—Medina
  • MLRA: 83A—Northern Rio Grande Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX325—Medina County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Terry Whigham, Armando Cruz and James Tepera
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Calciustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CASTROVILLE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2008
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Castroville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Calciustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous alluvium
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 23 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02423
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 21 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red. Lab sample # 84P02424
    A—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 21 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02425
    Bk1—45 to 60 centimeters (17.7 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 16 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 40 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02426
    Bk2—60 to 90 centimeters (23.6 to 35.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay; 13 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02427
    Bk3—90 to 120 centimeters (35.4 to 47.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; silty clay loam; 13 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 38 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red. Lab sample # 84P02428