LOCATION VESTON TX

Established Series
RD-KBH-AKS
07/2019

VESTON SERIES

The Veston series consists of very deep, poorly drained soils. These soils formed in sandy and loamy alluvial sediments of Holocene age. Slopes range from 0 to 1 percent. Mean annual air temperature is about 20.5 degrees C (69 degrees F), and mean annual precipitation is about 1397 mm (55 in).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, hyperthermic Typic Fluvaquents

TYPICAL PEDON: Veston loamy very fine sand--rangeland. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated)

A--0 to 8 cm (0 to 3 in); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) loamy very fine sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; many fine roots; common fine tubular pores; many medium faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and black (N 2/) masses throughout peds; few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron accumulations along root pores; moderately saline; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 33 cm [2 to 13 in] thick.)

C--8 to 13 cm (3 to 5 in); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy very fine sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, friable; common fine roots; common fine tubular pores; many medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions on surface of peds, many medium distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) masses and common fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) iron accumulations within peds; common fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron accumulations along root pores; strongly saline; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 119 cm [0 to 47 in] thick)

Ab--13 to 20 cm (5 to 8 in); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few fine roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; many fine and medium distinct gray 2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions on surface of peds, common fine prominent brown (10YR 4/3) iron accumulations within peds, and common fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron accumulations along root pores; strongly saline; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 18 cm [0 to 7 in] thick)

Cg1--20 to 41 cm (8 to 16 in); gray (2.5Y 5/1) loamy very fine sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, friable; few fine roots on surface of peds; common fine tubular pores; many fine and medium distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) masses; common fine prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) masses within peds and common fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron accumulations along root pores; few seashell fragments; strongly saline; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary.

Cg2--41 to 66 cm [16 to 26 in]; gray (2.5Y 5/1) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; few fine roots on surface of peds; common fine tubular pores; many fine and medium distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) masses within peds; common fine distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions on surface of peds; common fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron accumulations along root pores; strongly saline; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the C'g horizon is 13 to 51 cm [5 to 20 in])

A'b--66 to 97 cm (26 to 38 in); black (2.5Y 2/1) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; few fine roots on surface of peds; common fine tubular pores; common fine and medium prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) masses within peds; strongly saline; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 18 cm [0 to 7 in] thick)

C'g1--97 to 130 cm (38 to 51 in); gray (2.5Y 5/1) and gray (2.5Y 6/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few fine roots on surface of peds; few fine tubular pores; common fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) iron accumulations within peds; strongly saline; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary.

C'g2--130 to 152 cm (51 to 60 in); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and gray (2.5Y 6/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few fine roots on surface of peds; few fine tubular pores; common fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) iron accumulations within peds; strongly saline; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary.

C'g3--152 to 191 cm (60 to 75 in); white (2.5Y 8/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few fine roots on surface of peds; few fine tubular pores; common fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) iron accumulations within peds; strongly saline; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary.

C'g4--191 to 203 cm (75 to 80 in); white (2.5Y 8/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few fine roots on surface of peds; few fine tubular pores; many fine and medium greenish gray (5BG 6/1) iron depletions along live root channels; common fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) iron accumulations within peds; 2 percent pitted calcium carbonate concretions with an iron-magnesium center 2 to 10 mm in diameter; strongly saline; moderately alkaline. (Combined thickness of the C'g and Cg horizons is 50 to 139 cm [20 to 55 in])

TYPE LOCATION: Chambers County, Texas; from the intersection of Texas Highway 124 and Texas Highway 87 at High Island; 1.6 miles east on Texas Highway 87 (1.3 miles abandoned); 300 ft north of highway in rangeland.

USGS topographic quadrangle: Mud Lake, TX;
Latitude: 29 degrees, 33 minutes, 30 seconds N;
Longitude is 94 degrees, 21 minutes, 43 seconds W;
Datum: WGS84.

Decimal Degrees:
Std Latitude: 29.5583333
Std Longitude: -94.3619444

UTM Easting: 368059.43
UTM Northing: 3270620.48
UTM Zone: 15

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: more than 203 cm (80 in).

This soil is stratified with textures of loamy very fine sand, very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, clay loam, silty clay loam, and clay.
Organic carbon decreases irregularly with depth. Buried A and B horizons occur at random in the upper 40 in.

Particle-size control section (weighted average)
Clay content: 20 to 30 percent

A Horizon
Hue: 10YR to 5Y
Value: 2 to 4
Chroma: 1 or 2
Redox concentrations: 1 to 20 percent; shades of brown or yellow
Electrical Conductivity (dS/m): 4 to 18
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 13 to 70
Reaction (pH): neutral to strongly alkaline (6.6 to 9.0)

C Horizon
Hue: 7.5YR to 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 2 to 6
Redox concentrations: 1 to greater than 20 percent; shades of brown or yellow
Electrical Conductivity (dS/m): 4 to 21
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 13 to 90
Reaction (pH): neutral to strongly alkaline (6.6 to 9.0)

Ab Horizon (where present)
Hue: 10YR to 5Y
Value: 2 to 4
Chroma: 1 or 2
Redox concentrations: 1 to 20 percent; shades of brown, red or yellow
Electrical Conductivity (dS/m): 4 to 18
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 13 to 70
Reaction (pH): neutral to strongly alkaline (6.6 to 9.0)

C'g Horizon (where present)
Hue: 10YR to 5Y
Value: 5 to 8
Chroma: 1 or 2
Redox concentrations: 1 to greater than 20 percent; shades of brown or yellow
Electrical Conductivity (dS/m): 4 to 21
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 13 to 90
Reaction (pH): neutral to strongly alkaline (6.6 to 9.0)

A'b Horizon (where present)
Hue: 10YR to 5Y
Value: 2 to 4
Chroma: 1 or 2
Redox concentrations: 1 to greater than 20 percent; shades of brown, red or yellow
Electrical Conductivity (dS/m): 4 to 18
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 13 to 70
Reaction (pH): neutral to strongly alkaline (6.6 to 9.0)

Cg Horizons
Hue: 10YR to 5Y
Value: 5 to 8
Chroma: 1 or 2
Redox concentrations: 1 to greater than 20 percent; shades of brown or yellow
Electrical Conductivity (dS/m): 4 to 21
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 13 to 100
Reaction (pH): moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline (7.9 to 9.0)

COMPETING SERIES:
There are no competing series in the same family. Similar soils are the Bayucos (TX), Follet (TX), Placedo (TX), and Tatlum (TX) soils.
Bayucos soils: have a fine-loamy particle-size control section.
Follet soils: have a peraquic moisture regimes; flooded daily by tides.
Placedo soils: have a fine particle-size control section.
Tatlum soils: have a peraquic moisture regime; n-value greater than 0.7.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: sandy and loamy alluvial sediments of Holocene age deposited by storm tides and wind
Landscape: barrier islands or strand plains
Landform: barrier flats
Slope: 0 to 1 percent but mostly less than 0.5 percent
Soil Moisture: Aquic soil moisture regime.
Mean annual soil temperature: 21.5 to 22 degrees C (70.5 to 72 degrees F)
Mean annual air temperature: 20 to 22 degrees C (68 to 72 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 1219 to 1575 mm (48 to 62 in)
Frost-free period: 270 to 310 days
Elevation: 0.1 to 2 m (0.5 to 7 ft)
Thornwaite P-E indices exceed 48.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
These are the competing Bayucos, Follet, and Tatlum series and Barnett (TX), Galveston (TX), Harris (TX), Mustang (TX) and Sabine (TX) series.
Barnett, Bayucos and Harris soils: on similar landscapes. Barnett and Harris soils have a fine particle-size control section.
Follet and Tatlum soils: slightly lower in the landscape; are very frequently flooded by tides.
Galveston, Mustang, and Sabine soils: are slightly higher in the landscape on low ridges; have a sandy particle-size control section.

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage class: poorly
Permeability class: very slow, but is moderate above the water table
Runoff: high
Seasonal water table: water table fluctuates with tides from 0 to 61 cm (0 to 24 in) below the surface. These soils are occasionally or frequently flooded by seasonal high tides and by storms.

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses: rangeland
Native vegetation: salt tolerant grasses such as gulf cordgrass, bushy sea oxeye, heliotropes, glasswort, sea blight with smaller areas of common reedgrass, switchgrass and little bluestem.
Ecological sites assigned to phases and components of this series are listed below. Current ecological site assignments are in Web Soil Survey. Components of this series include the following ecological sites: Salty Prairie

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
General Area: Gulf Coast in Southeastern Texas
Land Resource Region: T- Atlantic and Gulf Coast Lowland Forest and Crop Region.
Major Land Resource Region: 150B- Gulf Coast Saline Prairies
Extent: minor

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

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Chambers County, Texas; 1969.

REMARKS: The series description was revised during the Soil Data Join and Recorrelation initiative.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:

Ochric epipedon: 0 to 8 cm (0 to 3 in) (A horizon).
Fluventic feature: irregular decrease in organic matter with depth.
Aquic features: Redoximorphic features, reduction, and endosaturation throughout the pedon most of the time in all years.

ADDITIONAL DATA: TAMU lab data from type location in Chambers County, TX (94TX-071-001).

TAXONOMIC VERSION: Soil Taxonomy, Twelfth Edition, 2014.

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.