LOCATION BATSON TX

Established Series
JKW-ALS-RM
07/2014

BATSON SERIES

The Batson series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils. These nearly level soils formed in fluviomarine deposits of the Beaumont Formation of Pleistocene age. Slope ranges from 0 to 1 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 19.5 degrees C (67 degrees F), and mean annual precipitation is about 1295 mm (51 in).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs

TYPICAL PEDON: Batson very fine sandy loam--woodland. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

A--0 to 15 cm, (0 to 6 in); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; many very fine to coarse roots; many fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; common worm and insect casts; 1 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries along roots and pores; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (8 to 32 cm [3 to 13 in] thick)

E1--15 to 33 cm, (6 to 13 in); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure parting to weak medium subangular blocky; soft, friable; many very fine, fine, and common medium and coarse roots; common fine tubular pores; common worm and insect casts; 1 percent fine ironstone nodules; 1 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries along roots and pores; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on ped faces; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary.

E2--33 to 74 cm, (13 to 29 in); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure parting to weak medium subangular blocky; soft, friable; many very fine and fine roots; many fine and medium tubular pores; 2 percent fine ironstone nodules; 1 percent fine black (7.5YR 2/1) masses of iron-manganese; 1 percent fine rounded black (7.5YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries along roots; 10 percent is light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very fine sandy loam; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (combined thickness of the E horizons is 22 to 74 cm [9 to 29 in] thick.)

E/Bt--74 to 89 in, (29 to 35 in); 50 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) (Bt); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam (E); moderate medium prismatic structure parting to weak fine and medium angular blocky; soft, friable; common very fine and fine roots; many fine tubular pores; few faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films on vertical ped faces; 2 percent fine red (2.5YR 5/8) plinthite; 2 percent fine ironstone nodules; 1 percent fine rounded black (2.5Y 2/1) iron-manganese nodules; 3 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; 2 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 10 percent is light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very fine sandy loam; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary.

Bt/E--89 to 140 cm, (35 to 55 in); 80 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy clay loam (Bt); 20 pale brown (10YR 6/3) (E); moderate medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium angular blocky; hard, firm; common very fine and fine roots; common fine tubular pores; few prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films on ped faces and in pores; 2 percent fine red (10R 4/8) plinthite; 3 percent fine ironstone nodules; 2 percent black (N 2/0) iron-manganese nodules; 4 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; 2 percent fine and medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 5 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletion with diffuse boundaries in E; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary. (combined thickness of the Bt/E horizons is 36 to 145 cm [14 to 57 in])

Bt/Eg1--140 to 198 cm, (55 to 78 in); 75 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very fine sandy loam; 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) (Eg); moderate medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky; hard, firm; common very fine roots; common fine tubular pores; few prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films on ped faces and in pores; 2 percent red (10R 4/8) plinthite; 4 percent fine and medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt/Eg2--198 to 203 cm, (78 to 80 in); 85 percent yellow (10YR 7/8) very fine sandy loam (Bt); 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) (Eg); weak coarse prismatic structure parting to weak coarse subangular blocky; hard, firm; common very fine and fine roots; common fine tubular pores; few prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) clay films on ped faces and in pores; few distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine red (10R 4/8) plinthite; 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent fine and medium prominent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on ped faces; 3 percent medium and coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; extremely acid. (combined thickness of the Bt/Eg horizons is 17 to 73 cm [7 to 29 in])

TYPE LOCATION: Hardin County, Texas; from the intersection of Farm Road 770 and Texas Highway 105 in Batson; 1.7 miles south to Cemetery Road; 1.3 miles southeast on Cemetery Road to intersection with county road; 0.6 mile east and 2 miles south county road to private road; 0.4 mile northeast on private road; 40 ft west in woodland. (Thorson Gully USGS quad; Latitude: 30 degrees, 11 minutes, 22 seconds N; Longitude: 94 degrees, 34 minutes, 40 seconds W; WGS84)

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil Moisture: A udic soil moisture regime. The soil moisture control section is moist in some or all parts for more than 275 days in normal years. The summer months are the driest, while fall through spring months are the wettest months.
Mean annual soil temperature: 20.6 to 21.7 degrees C (69 to 71 degrees F)
Particle-size control section (weighted average)
Clay content: 15 to 18 percent

A Horizon
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 to 5 (Areas with value of 3 are less than 25 cm [10 in] thick)
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, or loam
Masses of oxidized iron: amount-0 to 2 percent, location-lining pores, shades-brown
Reaction: extremely acid to moderately acid

E and E/Bt Horizons
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 to 7
Chroma: 3 to 6
Texture: fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, or loam
Masses of oxidized iron: amount-2 to 8 percent, location-lining pores, shades-brown or yellow
Reaction: extremely acid to moderately acid

Bt/E Horizon
(Bt part)
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 or 6
Chroma: 3 to 6
(E part)
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 or 6
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, or loam in the upper Bt/E horizons; sandy clay loam or clay loam in the lower Bt/E horizons
Masses of oxidized iron: amount-4 to 25 percent, location-lining pores, in matrix, on faces of peds, shades-brown, red or yellow
Redox depletions: amount-0 to 15 percent, location-in E or adjacent to oxidized iron masses, shades-gray
Iron-manganese concentrations: amount-0 to 5 percent, kind-nodules or masses
Ironstone nodules: amount-0 to 5 percent
Plinthite: amount-0 to 5 percent
Reaction: extremely acid to moderately acid

Bt/Eg Horizon
(Bt part)
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 to 7
Chroma: 3 to 8
(Eg part)
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 6 to 8
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam
Masses of oxidized iron: amount-8 to 35 percent, location-lining pores, in matrix, on faces of peds, shades-brown, red or yellow (Red redox features are less than 20 percent)
Redox depletions: amount-0 to 15 percent, location-in E or adjacent to oxidized iron masses, shades-gray, blue or green
Iron-manganese concentrations: amount-0 to 5 percent, kind-nodules or masses
Ironstone nodules: amount-0 to 5 percent
Plinthite: amount-0 to 5 percent
Reaction: extremely acid to moderately acid

COMPETING SERIES: This is the Kurth (TX) series. Similar soils are the Anahuac (TX), Dallardsville (TX) and Katy (TX), Kirbyville (TX), and Kountze (TX) series.
Kurth soils: have weakly consolidated mudstone at 175 cm (69 in)
Anahuac soils: are in a fine family; umbric epipedon
Dallardsville, Kirbyville and Kountze soils: have less than 35 percent base saturation in the lower argillic horizon; Dallardsville and Kountze soils are in a coarse-loamy family

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from the Beaumont Formation of Pleistocene age
Landscape: flat coastal plains
Landform: relict meander belt
Microfeature: degraded point bars and natural levees
Slope: 0 to 1 percent
Mean annual air temperature range: 19.5 to 20.6 degrees C (67 to 69 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation range: 1219 to 1473 mm (48 to 58 in)
Precipitation Pattern: Rainfall is fairly uniform throughout the year with slight peaks in the fall and spring months.
Frost-free period: 240 to 300 days
Elevation: 3 to 30.5 m (10 to 100 ft)

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Camptown (TX), Evadale (TX), Gist (TX), and the Texla (TX) series.
Camptown soils: very poorly drained; in relic channels
Evadale soils: poorly drained; on flats
Gist soils: in a coarse-silty family; on pimple mounds
Texla soils: in a fine silty family; on a similar landform

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: moderately well drained. Runoff is medium. These soils have episaturation in the upper part of the glossic horizon during the winter to early spring in normal years and endosaturation in the Bt/Eg horizons during same period.

USE AND VEGETATION: Used primarily for timber production and wildlife habitat. Some areas are used for pasture and crops. Loblolly pine is the most common woodland species. Areas in pasture are planted to bahiagrass and improved species of bermuda grass. Crops grown include soybeans and vegetables.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southeast Texas mainly east of the Trinity River; Land Resource Region T; MLRA 152B (some areas extend into MLRA 150A along major drainageways that are wooded); the series is of moderate extent.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Temple, Texas

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Hardin County, Texas 1998.

REMARKS: These soils were formerly included with the Katy, Anahuac, or Kirbyville series. The series was updated during the update of MLRA 152B. Diagnostic horizons and features in this pedon include:

Ochric epipedon- 0 to 74 cm (0 to 29 in) (A, E1, and E2 horizons)

Argillic horizon- 89 to 203 cm (29 to 80 in) (E/Bt, Bt/E and Bt/Eg horizons)

Glossic horizon- 74 to 203 cm (29 to 80 in) (E/Bt, Bt/E and Bt/Eg horizons)

Oxyaquic feature- These soils are saturated within 100 cm (40 in) of the surface during the winter and early spring months in normal years.

ADDITIONAL DATA: Data available from Texas A&M University Soil Charactrization Lab on pedon number S96TX-199-007 from the type location in Hardin County. Additional data from the Kellogg Soil Survey Lab are available on pedons S2012TX291007 (lab pedon number 12N7951) and S2012TX2911008 (lab pedon number 12N7952)

Taxonomic Version: Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Eleventh Edition, 2010

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.