LOCATION FRIERSON TX+LA
Tentative Series
REL:ACP
12/2022
FRIERSON SERIES
The Frierson series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in loamy residuum derived from sandstone and mudstone of the Wilcox Group. Frierson soils are on interfluves and shoulders of hills. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 1118 mm to 1372 mm (44 to 54 in) and the mean annual temperature ranges from 17 to 19.5 degrees C (63 to 67 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Glossic Paleudalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Frierson fine sandy loam, in hayland at an elevation of 71 m (233 ft). (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted.)
A--0 to 10 cm (0 to 4 in); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam, brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout, many fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; common medium irregular low continuity pores; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (Thickness is 7 to 15 cm [3 to 6 in].)
E1--10 to 23 cm (4 to 9 in); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout, many fine roots throughout, common medium roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; common medium irregular low continuity pores; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
E2--23 to 41 cm (9 to 16 in); brown (7.5YR 5/3) fine sandy loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout, common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; common very fine irregular low continuity pores; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness is 7 to 45 cm [3 to 18 in].)
Bt1--41 to 64 cm (16 to 25 in); red (2.5YR 4/6) loam, red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; weak medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots between peds, common fine roots between peds and common medium roots between peds; common fine tubular low continuity and common medium tubular low continuity pores; 10 percent continuous distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt2--64 to 99 cm (25 to 39 in); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam, red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; moderate medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; firm, very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine roots between peds and common fine roots between peds; common medium tubular low continuity pores; 20 percent continuous distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt3--99 to 173 cm (39 to 68 in); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam, red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; weak medium prismatic structure parting to weak medium subangular blocky; firm, hard, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots between peds and common fine roots between peds; common medium tubular moderate continuity pores; 20 percent continuous distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness is 147 to 181 cm [58 to 71 in].)
Bt4--173 to 203 cm (68 to 80 in); red (2.5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam, red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; weak medium prismatic structure parting to weak medium subangular blocky; firm, hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots between peds and common fine roots between peds; common fine tubular low continuity pores; 20 percent continuous distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent continuous distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4) skeletans on all faces of peds; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Panola County, Texas; From the intersection of Farm to Market Road 31 and Farm to Market Road 2517 Near Deadwood, Texas, approximately 3.2 miles south on Farm to Market Road 31, 0.43 miles west and south on County Road 449, 0.3 miles west on County Road 450, 0.5 miles northwest and west on oilfield road to pipeline road, 0.05 mi north on pipeline road to edge of hayfield, 300 feet southeast along edge of hayfield. (Old Center, TX USGS topographic quadrangle; Latitude: 32 degrees, 4 minutes, 58.82 seconds N; Longitude: 94 degrees, 8 minutes, 37.79 minutes W. NAD 83.)
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: Greater than 203 cm (80 in)
Depth to argillic horizon: 14 to 60 cm (6 to 24 in)
Particle-size control section (weighted average)
Clay Content: 18 to 35 percent
CEC/clay ratio: 0.24 to 0.40
A or Ap Horizon
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value : 3 to 5
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam
Clay Content: 5 to 15 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid, strongly acid
E Horizon
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 to 6
Chroma: 3 to 6
Texture: fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam
Clay Content: 5 to 15 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid, strongly acid
BE Horizon (when present)
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 4 to 6
Texture: fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam
Clay Content: 5 to 15 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid, strongly acid
Upper Bt Horizons
Hue: 5YR or 2.5YR
Value: 3 to 4
Chroma: 6 to 8
Texture: fine sandy loam, loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam
Clay Content: 18 to 33 percent
Clay Films: along vertical to all ped surfaces, faint to distinct
Base Saturation: 20 to 60 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid, strongly acid
If value and chroma is 3/6 or less, thickness is less than 100 cm (39 in).
Lower Bt Horizons
Hue: 5YR or 2.5YR
Value: 3 to 4
Chroma: 6 to 8
Texture: loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam
Clay Content: 20 to 33 percent
Clay Films: along vertical to all ped surfaces, faint to distinct
Skeletans: amount-0 to 4 percent, size-fine to coarse, contrast- distinct to prominent, boundary-clear to sharp, location-along ped surfaces, shades-brown or yellow
Redox depletions: amount-0 to 20 percent, size-fine to coarse, contrast- prominent, boundary- sharp, location-along ped surfaces, shades-brown or gray
Base Saturation: 35 to 60 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid, strongly acid
Bt/E Horizon (when present)
Bt Part:
Hue: 5YR or 2.5YR
Value: 4 to 5
Chroma: 6 to 8
E Part:
Hue: 10YR to 5YR
Value: 5 to 8
Chroma: 4 to 8
Texture: loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam
Clay Content: 20 to 33 percent
Clay Films: along vertical to all ped surfaces, faint to distinct
Tongues or Interfingers of E material: amount-0 to 20 percent, size-fine to coarse, contrast- distinct to prominent, boundary- sharp, location-along ped surfaces, shades-brown or yellow Redox depletions: amount-0 to 20 percent, size-fine to coarse, contrast- prominent, boundary- sharp, location-along ped surfaces, shades-brown or gray
Base Saturation: 35 to 60 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid, strongly acid
BCt Horizon (when present)
Hue: 10YR to 2.5YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 6 to 8
Texture: fine sandy loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam
Clay Content: 15 to 30 percent
Clay Films: along vertical to all ped surfaces, faint to distinct
Skeletans: amount-0 to 4 percent, size-fine to coarse, contrast- distinct to prominent, boundary-clear to sharp, location-along ped surfaces, shades-brown or yellow
Redox depletions: amount-0 to 20 percent, size-fine to coarse, contrast- prominent, boundary- sharp, location-along ped surfaces, shades-brown or gray
Base Saturation: 35 to 60 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid, strongly acid
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Attoyac,
Bistineau,
Caledonia and
Elrose series. Similar soils are the
Atwood,
Bernaldo,
Darbonne,
Kamie,
Larue,
Petal,
Redsprings,
Sallisaw,
Trawick, Versey,
Whakana,
Woden and the tentative
Keatchie series.
Attoyac soils: Formed on Pleistocene stream terraces.
Atwood soils: Have a fine-silty particle size control section.
Bernaldo soils: Formed on Pleistocene stream terraces. Have 5 to 15 percent albic tongues in some argillic horizon.
Caledonia soils: Soil not found in Western part of Southern
Gulf Coastal plain. Upper 50 cm (20 in) of argillic horizon has 35 percent or more silt.
Darbonne soils: Formed on marine sediments that are high in siderite. Has a CEC to clay ratio greater than 0.40.
Elrose soils: Formed on marine sediments high in glauconite.
Kamie soils: Formed on high terraces of the
Ouachita Mountains,
Boston Mountains, and
Cherokee Prairies. Has a CEC to clay ratio greater than 0.40.
Keatchie soils: Have a brown upper argillic horizon and have 5 percent or more albic tongues in some argillic horizon.
Larue soils: Have arenic epipedons.
Petal soils: Have a brown lower argillic horizon and are moderately well drained.
Redsprings soils: Formed on marine sediments high in glauconite and have a fine particle size control section.
Sallisaw soils: Formed in alluvium of the
Ouachita Mountains,
Boston Mountains and Arkansas
Valley and Ridges.
Trawick soils: Formed on marine sediments high in glauconite and have a fine particle size control section.
Versey soils: Have mixed mineralogy and have 5 percent or more albic tongues in some argillic horizon.
Whakana soils: Have mixed mineralogy and have 5 percent or more albic tongues in some argillic horizon.
Woden soils: Have a coarse-loamy particle size control section and are formed on Pleistocene stream terraces.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent Material: residuum or colluvium derived from sandstone and mudstone of the Eocene Wilcox Group.
Landscape: Western Coastal Plain.
Landform: interfluve.
Slope: 0 to 15 percent.
Soil Moisture: Udic soil moisture regime. The soil moisture control section is moist in some or all parts for more than 275 days in normal years. July and August are the driest months, while November to May is the wettest months.
Mean annual soil temperature range: 18 to 20 degrees C (64 to 68 degrees F).
Mean annual air temperature range: 17 to 19.5 degrees C (63 to 67 degrees F).
Mean annual precipitation range: 1118 mm to 1372 mm (44 to 54 in).
Precipitation Pattern: July and August are the driest months, while November to May is the wettest months.
Frost-free period: 230 to 250 days.
Elevation: 60 to 100 m (197 to 328 ft)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Eastwood (TX),
Keithville (LA),
Latex (TX),
Metcalf (LA),
Hallsummit (LA),
Sawlit (TX),
Sawtown (TX),
Scottsville (TX),
Timpson (TX), and the tentative
Catuna (T) and
Keatchie (T) series.
Catuna soils: Found on lower landscape positions, are poorly drained, have a fine-silty particle size control section and have 15 percent or more albic tongues.
Eastwood soils: Found on similar landscape positions, have a fine particle size control section and have smectitic mineralogy.
Keatchie soils: Found on similar landscape positions, have a brown upper argillic horizon and have 5 to 15 percent albic materials in the lower argillic horizon.
Keithville soils: Found on lower landscape positions, have a fine-silty particle size control section and have 5 percent or more albic tongues in some argillic horizon.
Latex soils: Found on similar landscapes and have a lithologic discontinuity between 100 and 150 cm (39 to 59 in).
Metcalf soils: Found on lower landscapes, have a fine-silty particle size control section and have 5 percent or more albic tongues in some argillic horizon.
Hallsummit soils: Found on similar landscapes, have a fine particle size control section, have mixed mineralogy, and have 20 percent or more relative clay decrease in a horizon above 150 cm (59 in).
Sawlit soils: Found on slightly lower landscapes, have 15 to 35 percent albic tongues in some argillic horizon and have a clayey discontinuity at 66 to 102 cm (26 to 40 in).
Sawtown soils: Found on slightly lower landscapes on mounds, have 15 to 35 percent albic tongues in some argillic horizon and have a clayey discontinuity at 102 to 152 cm (40 to 60 in).
Scottsville soils: Found on slightly lower landscapes, have 5 to 15 percent albic tongues in some argillic horizon and have a clayey discontinuity at 50 to 102 cm (20 to 40 in).
Timpson soils: Found on slightly lower landscapes on mounds, have a coarse-silty particle size control section and have 8 to 35 percent albic tongues in the argillic horizon at 58 to 152 cm (23 to 60 in).
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. Runoff is medium to rapid. Permeability is moderate.
USE AND VEGETATION: Principal use is woodland consisting of southern pine and some hardwoods with understory of shrubs or grasses. A small acreage is used for truck crops, and pasture. A considerable portion of the acreage formerly cultivated has been converted to pasture or southern pine woodland.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Western Coastal Plains of Texas and Louisiana. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Temple, Texas
SERIES PROPOSED: Panola County, Texas, 2012. MLRA 133B soil survey area, Texas, 2012. The name is from a town in northeastern De Soto Parish, Louisiana.
REMARKS: The series was formerly included in the Ruston and Elrose series. The series was separated from Ruston based on lack of a bisequm and having a percent base saturation of greater than 35 percent, and from Elrose by forming on a non-glauconitic geology.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Particle size control section: 41 to 91 cm (16 to 36 in). (Bt1 and Bt2 horizons)
Ochric epipedon: 0 to 41 cm (0 to 16 in). (A and E horizons)
Argillic horizon: 41 to 203 cm (16 to 80 inches). (Bt horizons).
ADDITIONAL DATA: None.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.