IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brazoria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX1573011
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX1573011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010TX1573011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0975
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43226
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 29.5088882
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6298904
  • Datum: WGS84

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stacey Kloesel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Hapluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brazoria
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brazoria
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, hyperthermic Hapluderts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, clayey alluvium derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace river valley, terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • 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

    Bw

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    Ab

    Bkssb1

    Bkssb2

    Bkssb3

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    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

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    Ab

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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 %

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    Ab

    Bkssb1

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    9999

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACFA

    ALLIU

    RUBUS

    SABAL

    ULMUS

    Acacia farnesiana

    Allium

    Rubus

    Sabal

    Ulmus

    aroma

    onion

    blackberry

    palmetto

    elm

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

    secondary carbonates

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    redox concentrations

    0—203

    0—70

    14—203

    42—203

    —203—

    —70—

    —189—

    —161—
    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 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; 20 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04630; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw—14 to 42 centimeters (5.5 to 16.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04631; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bss—42 to 70 centimeters (16.5 to 27.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on slickensides; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04632; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkss—70 to 90 centimeters (27.6 to 35.4 inches); 90 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04633; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ab—90 to 125 centimeters (35.4 to 49.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay; strong medium wedge parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on slickensides; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04634; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkssb1—125 to 146 centimeters (49.2 to 57.5 inches); 90 percent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) and 10 percent black (7.5YR 2.5/1) clay; strong coarse wedge parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine pores; 35 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on slickensides; 4 percent fine reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, carbonate nodules and 2 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04635; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkssb2—146 to 170 centimeters (57.5 to 66.9 inches); 90 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; 3 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04636; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkssb3—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; 25 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 2 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on slickensides; 1 percent fine pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N04637; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry