IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Castroville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986TX325002
  • User Pedon ID: 86TX325002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58115
  • 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: 29.3905563
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8874969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Medina County, TX: From the intersection of Farm Rd 471 and US HWY 90 in Castroville. 2.8 mi N on Farm Rd 471.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX325—Medina

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, carbonatic, hyperthermic Typic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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: very 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
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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01843. Few snail shell fragments; few coarse rounded calcium carboante nodules.; common very fine and fine roots
    1A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01844. Few snail shell fragments; few coarse rounded carbonate nodules.; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bk1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Few snail shell fragments; common threads and films of calcium carbonate, few medium rounded carbonate nodules.; few fine roots
    1Bk2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. About 30% by volume of threads, films and soft masses, and very coarse cylindrical carbonate nodules.; few fine roots
    1Bk3—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. About 50% by volume of threads, films and soft masses and very coarse cylindrial carbonate nodules.