IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chacon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10TX3111008
  • User Pedon ID: S10TX3111008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10TX3111008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1329
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43219
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 28.5360088
  • Std. Longitude: -98.7588730
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sampling Pit; Blackhouse Ranch
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX311—McMullen
  • MLRA: 83B—Western Rio Grande Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Akin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, hyperthermic Torrertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chacon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, hyperthermic Torrertic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Calcareous clays
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/28/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    OPUNT

    PROSO

    Opuntia

    Prosopis

    pricklypear

    mesquite

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    gypsum accumulations

    salt accumulations

    0—26

    9—120

    76—200

    76—200

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    107

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    210

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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; ; ; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt—9 to 26 centimeters (3.5 to 10.2 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 527335; continuous - phpvsfiid 527335
    Btk—26 to 76 centimeters (10.2 to 29.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 527336; continuous - phpvsfiid 527336
    Btkyz—76 to 120 centimeters (29.9 to 47.2 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine threadlike salt masses and 3 percent fine platy gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 527337; continuous - phpvsfiid 527337
    Byz1—120 to 138 centimeters (47.2 to 54.3 inches);, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent coarse irregular white (2.5Y 8/1) salt masses in matrix and 10 percent fine platy pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix and 3 percent medium platy pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix and 15 percent medium irregular white (2.5Y 8/1) salt masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Byz2—138 to 181 centimeters (54.3 to 71.3 inches);, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist; strong coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent medium irregular reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 20 percent coarse irregular reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 15 percent fine irregular white (2.5Y 8/1) salt masses in matrix and 3 percent fine platy pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix and 2 percent medium irregular white (2.5Y 8/1) salt masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Cyz—181 to 200 centimeters (71.3 to 78.7 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; massive; firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent coarse irregular reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium irregular reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent fine irregular white (2.5Y 8/1) salt masses in matrix and 5 percent fine platy pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, large or quarry