IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galveston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S95TX167002
  • User Pedon ID: S95TX167002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - TAMU
  • Lab Pedon # - S95TX167002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87682
  • User Project ID: 9-ROS-FY2021-2022-MLRA-CZSS
  • Project Name: MLRA 150B - Texas Coastal Zone Soil Survey of West Galveston Bay
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 29.1498722
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0285722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: GaB—Galveston fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded, storm surge
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX167—Galveston
  • MLRA: 150B—Gulf Coast Saline Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, hyperthermic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galveston
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, hyperthermic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: barrier island
  • Landform: back-barrier flat
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/9/2018 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; many very fine roots and many fine roots; many fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4922
    A2—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; many very fine roots and many fine roots; many fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4923
    C1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; common very fine roots and common fine roots; common fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4924
    C2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; common very fine roots and common fine roots; few fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4925
    C3—61 to 82 centimeters (24.0 to 32.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots and few fine roots; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4926
    Cg1—82 to 103 centimeters (32.3 to 40.6 inches); 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots; 3 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4927
    Cg2—103 to 132 centimeters (40.6 to 52.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) fine sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots; 2 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4928
    Cg3—132 to 146 centimeters (52.0 to 57.5 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots; 3 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4929
    Cg4—146 to 180 centimeters (57.5 to 70.9 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # TAMU4930
    Cg5—180 to 210 centimeters (70.9 to 82.7 inches); gray (N 5/), fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.3. Lab sample # TAMU4931