IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Metcalf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: TPTX419731METCALF
  • User Pedon ID: S86TX419002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S86TX-419-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45743
  • 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: 31.8344440
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9505539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of Farm Road 417 and Texas Highway 87 in Shelbyville; approximately 11 miles northeast on Farm Road 417 to intersection with Farm Road 139; 1.4 miles north on Farm Road 139; 0.6 mile west on logging road; 500 feet northwest of road on skid trail in Compartment #8 Sabine National Forest.
  • Map Unit: MfA—Metcalf-Timpson complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, mounded
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX419—Shelby
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX419—Shelby County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31093-G8—Huxley, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lane, Newman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Glossaquic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Metcalf
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keithville
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wilcox formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11D
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 6.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2814; observed in pit, small
    E—11 to 29 centimeters (4.3 to 11.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 6.0 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2815; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—29 to 52 centimeters (11.4 to 20.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 8 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries and 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2816; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 125584; patchy - phpvsfiid 125584
    Bt2—52 to 75 centimeters (20.5 to 29.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 8 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries and 5 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2817; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 125585; patchy - phpvsfiid 125585
    Bt/E—75 to 95 centimeters (29.5 to 37.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; 25 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries and 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries and 35 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) clay depletions; fragments; 35 percent albic tongues (volume percent); very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2818; observed in pit, small
    2Btg/E—95 to 103 centimeters (37.4 to 40.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; 6 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 6 percent pressure faces and 25 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent medium and coarse prominent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, clay depletions; fragments; 35 percent albic tongues (volume percent); very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2819; observed in pit, small
    2Btg—103 to 124 centimeters (40.6 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; 4 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 4 percent pressure faces and 25 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules and 21 percent medium and coarse prominent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2820; observed in pit, small
    2Bt—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 25 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions and 8 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2821; observed in pit, small
    2C1—165 to 184 centimeters (65.0 to 72.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU2822; observed in pit, small
    2C2—184 to 203 centimeters (72.4 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter. Lab sample # TAMU2823; observed in pit, small