IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brazoria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976TX039005
  • User Pedon ID: S1976TX039005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4673
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41375
  • 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: 29.3494453
  • Std. Longitude: -95.5561142
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.4 miles east of Brazos River Bridge on Farm Road 1462; thence 200 feet south of road in wooded area
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX039—Brazoria
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX039—Brazoria County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jack D. Crout
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Chromic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brazoria
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BRAZORIA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bss1

    Bss2

    0

    40

    96

    40

    96

    160

    S1976TX039005-1

    S1976TX039005-2

    S1976TX039005-3

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    69.1

    70.4

    68

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    30.1

    28.6

    31.1

    25.6

    26.4

    28.5

    4.5

    2.2

    2.6

    0.8

    1

    0.9

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

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    0.2

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.2

    0.2

    0.2

    0.4

    0.4

    0.4

    300 mesh sieve

    300 mesh sieve

    300 mesh sieve

    c

    c

    c

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    7.2

    7.3

    7.4
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    Bss1

    Bss2

    0

    40

    96

    40

    96

    160

    S1976TX039005-1

    S1976TX039005-2

    S1976TX039005-3

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bss1

    Bss2

    0

    40

    96

    40

    96

    160

    S1976TX039005-1

    S1976TX039005-2

    S1976TX039005-3

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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

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    A—0 to 40 centimeters (0.0 to 15.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35523
    Bss1—40 to 96 centimeters (15.7 to 37.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 pores; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 1 percent noncoherent cemented ; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A35524
    Bss2—96 to 160 centimeters (37.8 to 63.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate concretions and 1 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A35525