IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tonkawa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S00TX401134
  • User Pedon ID: S89TX401002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S89TX401002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45552
  • 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: 31.8476772
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6034622
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tonkawa fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes,in a forest clearcut area; from the intersection of U.S. Highway 259 and U.S. Highway 84 about 11.2 km southeast of Mount Enterprise, 11.52 km south on U.S. Highway 259 to Farm Road 1087, 7.36 east on Farm Road 1087 to Camp Tonkawa crossing, 1.92 kn north on a county road, 23 m east of road.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX401—Rusk
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX401—Rusk County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31094-G5—Garrison West, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: 2000 Rusk County Soil Survey
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tonkawa
  • Taxonomic Class - Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/30/2011 (entry creation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—30

    30—203

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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
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    A—0 to 29 centimeters (0.0 to 11.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3807
    Bw1—29 to 81 centimeters (11.4 to 31.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; weak coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse prismatic, and single grain; soft, very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3808
    Bw2—81 to 170 centimeters (31.9 to 66.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine sand; weak coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse prismatic, and single grain; soft, very friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU3809
    Bw3—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and yellow (10YR 7/6) fine sand; weak coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse prismatic, and single grain; soft, very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # TAMU3810