IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Castroville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986TX325001
  • User Pedon ID: 86TX325001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58114
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 29.3966675
  • Std. Longitude: -99.1005554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Medina County, TX: from the intersection of HWY 90 and TX HWY 173 E of Hondo, 3.3 mi N of HWY 173, 225 feet W from fence
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX325—Medina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. L. Girdner, Wayne J. Gabriel, Douglas A. Peters
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, carbonatic, hyperthermic Typic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Castroville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Castroville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Calciustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01836. Upper 2 mm of surface is a surface crust; few snail shell fragments; few medium, rounded, carbonate modules.; many very fine and fine roots
    1Ap2—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01837. Common snail shell fragments; few medium, rounded, carbonate nodules; few threads and films of calcium carbonate; common earthworm krotovinas to 5 mm in diameter.; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01838. Common fine snail shell fragments; common films and threads of calcium carbonate; few earthworm krotovinas to 5 mm in diameter; krotovinas are metaaggrotubules.; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01839. Few snail shell fragments; about 3% by volume threads, films and medium rounded carbonate nodules. Few earthworm krotovinas to 5 mm in diameter.; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk3—81 to 140 centimeters (31.9 to 55.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01840. Few snail shell fragments; few waterworn limestone pebbles to 1 cm across about 5% by volume threads, films and soft masses of calcium carbonate, about 5% by volume medium to coarse rounded carbonate nodules; common earthworm krotovinas to 5; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bk4—140 to 193 centimeters (55.1 to 76.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01841. Few snail shell fragments; few medium rounded carbonate nodules, common films and threads of calcium carbonate; few waterworn limestone pebbles to 1 cm across; few earthworm krotovinas to 5 mm in diameter.; few very fine and fine roots
    2Bk—193 to 208 centimeters (76.0 to 81.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P01842. Few siliceous pebbles to 5 cm across mainly near upper boundary; pendants of calcium carbonate on lower sides of pebbles to 8 mm in thickness; few snail shell fragments; about 7% by volume threads, films and soft masses rounded carbonate nod; few very fine and fine roots