IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX3471003
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX3471003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010TX3471003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43242
  • 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: 31.4924528
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4455722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of TX21 and CR 425 (Melrose) 4.9 miles south on CR 425 on east side of road in cut.
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX347—Nacogdoches County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roel Guerra Jr. and Don Sabo
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Grossarenic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darco
  • Classificaton Date - 2/7/2013
  • Classifier - Alan Peer
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darco
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Grossarenic Paleudults
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Geology: Sparta Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ILEX

    PIEC2

    QUERC

    RHUS

    TORA2

    VITIS

    Ilex

    Pinus echinata

    Quercus

    Rhus

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Vitis

    holly

    shortleaf pine

    oak

    sumac

    eastern poison ivy

    grape

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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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    100

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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to granular structure; loose, very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium and 1.0 coarse pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00221
    E—28 to 158 centimeters (11.0 to 62.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to granular structure; loose, very friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00222
    Bt—158 to 203 centimeters (62.2 to 79.9 inches); 85 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3 percent clay films and 7 percent clay bridges; fragments. Lab sample # 11N00223