LOCATION VESTON                  TX

Established Series
RD-KBH-AKS
08/2025

VESTON SERIES

Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Poorly drained
Flooding frequency and duration: Frequent, very brief
Saturated hydraulic conductivity: Moderately high to high in surface horizons and low to moderately low throughout the rest of the soil profile
Parent material: Sandy eolian deposits over fine-silty estuarine deposits
Slopes: 0 to 1 percent
Mean annual air temperature: 21 degrees C (70 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 1397 millimeters (55 inches)

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

TYPICAL PEDON: Veston loamy very fine sand on a nearly level slope of a mainland marsh at an elevation of 1 meter. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Ag--0 to 8 centimeters; very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) loamy very fine sand; weak coarse granular; friable; many fine roots; common fine tubular pores; many medium faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and black (N 2/) iron-manganese concretions throughout peds; few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concentrations; moderately saline; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); clear smooth boundary. (5 to 33 centimeters thick)

Cg--8 to 13 centimeters; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy very fine sand; weak coarse granular; friable; common fine roots; common fine tubular pores; many medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions, many medium distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese concretions and common fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) iron concentrations; common fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concentrations; strongly saline; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 119 centimeters thick)

Abg--13 to 20 centimeters; dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common fine tubular pores; many fine and medium distinct gray 2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions, common fine prominent brown (10YR 4/3) iron concentrations, and common fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concentrations; strongly saline; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); clear smooth boundary. (0 to 18 centimeters thick)

C'g1--20 to 41 centimeters; gray (2.5Y 5/1) loamy very fine sand; massive; friable; few fine roots; common fine tubular pores; many fine and medium distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) iron-manganese concretions; common fine prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) masses and common fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron concentrations; 2 percent shell fragments; strongly saline; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); clear smooth boundary.

C'g2--41 to 66 centimeters; gray (2.5Y 5/1) very fine sandy loam; massive; firm; few fine roots; common fine tubular pores; many fine and medium distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) iron-manganese concretions; common fine distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions; common fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron concentrations; strongly saline; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); clear smooth boundary. (C'g horizons are 13 to 51 centimeters thick)

2Abg--66 to 97 centimeters; black (2.5Y 2/1) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; few fine roots; common fine tubular pores; common fine and medium prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron-manganese concretions; strongly saline; slightly alkaline (pH 7.8); abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 35 centimeters thick)

2Cg1--97 to 130 centimeters; 50 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 50 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) loam; massive; firm; few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; common fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) iron concentrations; strongly saline; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear smooth boundary.

2Cg2--130 to 152 centimeters; 50 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and 50 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) loam; massive; firm; few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; common fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) iron concentrations; strongly saline; moderately alkaline (pH 8.1); clear smooth boundary.

2Cg3--152 to 191 centimeters; white (2.5Y 8/1) clay loam; massive; firm; few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; common fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) iron concentrations; strongly saline; moderately alkaline (pH 7.9); clear smooth boundary.

2Cg4--191 to 200 centimeters; white (2.5Y 8/1) clay loam; massive; firm; few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; many fine and medium greenish gray (5BG 6/1) iron depletions; common fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) iron concentrations; 2 percent pitted calcium carbonate concretions with an iron-magnesium center 2 to 10 millimeters in diameter; strongly saline; moderately alkaline (pH 8.1).

TYPE LOCATION: Chambers County, Texas; approximately 900 meters (2,953 feet) south-southeast to beach access road from High Island, TX at the intersection of First Street and Texas Highway 124; 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) northeast on beach; 175 meters (574 feet) north of beach in rangeland; USGS quadrangle: Mud Lake, TX

Latitude: 29.5601880
Longitude: -94.3649500
Datum: WGS84
Coordinate source: From hand-held GPS

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to bedrock: Greater than 200 centimeters
Moisture regime: Aquic
Reaction throughout: Neutral to strongly alkaline (pH 6.6 to 9.0)
Electrical conductivity throughout: 9 to 21 dS/meter
Sodium adsorption ratio throughout: 13 or greater
Particle-size control section (weighted average):
Clay content-20 to 30 percent
Sand content-10 to 25 percent

Ag Horizon:
Hue-10YR to 5Y
Value-2 to 4
Chroma-1 or 2
Texture-loamy very fine sand and very fine sandy loam
Redox concentrations-1 to 20 percent

Cg Horizon:
Hue-7.5YR to 10YR
Value-4 or 5
Chroma-1 or 2
Texture-loamy very fine sand and very fine sandy loam
Redox concentrations-1 to 20 percent

Abg Horizons:
Hue-10YR to 5Y
Value-2 to 4
Chroma-1 or 2
Texture-loamy very fine sand and very fine sandy loam
Redox concentrations-1 to 20 percent

C'g Horizons:
Hue-10YR to 5Y
Value-5 to 8
Chroma-1 or 2
Texture- loamy very fine sand and very fine sandy loam
Redox concentrations-1 to 20 percent

2Abg Horizons:
Hue-10YR to 5Y
Value-2 to 4
Chroma-1 or 2
Texture-silty clay loam or clay loam
Redox concentrations-1 to 10 percent

2Cg Horizons:
Hue-10YR to 5Y
Value-5 to 8
Chroma-1 or 2
Texture-silty clay loam or clay loam
Redox concentrations-1 to 10 percent

COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series in the same family. Similar soils are the Bayucos, Follet, Placedo, and Tatlum soils.
Bayucos soils: are slightly lower on the landscape, flood more frequently, and have fine-loamy particle size.
Follet soils: are slightly lower on the landscape and have peraquic moisture regime.
Placedo soils: are slightly lower on the landscape and have fine particle size throughout.
Tatlum soils: are slightly lower on the landscape, have peraquic moisture regime, and high fluidity classes.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: Sandy eolian deposits over fine-silty estuarine deposits
Landscape: Barrier islands and strand plains
Landform: Back-barrier and mainland marshes
Slope: 0 to 1 percent
Mean annual air temperature: 20 to 23 degrees C (68 to 73 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 812 to 1499 millimeters (32 to 59 inches)
Frost-free period: 315 to 365 days
Elevation: 0 to 2 meters (0 to 7 feet)

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
These are the Follet, Galveston, and Harris series.
Harris soils: are on slightly lower landscapes, have natric horizons, and have a fine particle-size control section.
Follet soils: are slightly lower in the landscape and are very frequently flooded by tides.
Galveston soils: are slightly higher in the landscape on low ridges/dunes and have a sandy particle-size control section.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class: Poorly drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity: Moderately high to high in surface horizons and low to moderately low throughout the rest of the soil profile
Flooding frequency and duration: Frequent, very brief
Seasonal water table: 0 to 61 centimeters with fluctuating tides
Surface runoff: High

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses: Rangeland, recreation, and wildlife habitat
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 site: R150BY550TX-Northern Salt Marsh

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
General Area: On barrier islands and mainland marshes near bays along the central coast of Texas
Land Resource Region: T-Atlantic and Gulf Coast Lowland Forest and Crop Region
MLRA(s): 150B-Gulf Coast Saline Prairies
Extent: Moderate

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Special Projects Office

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Chambers County, Texas, 1969

REMARKS:
Typical pedon taxonomic features:
Aquic conditions: 0 to 200 centimeters
Endosaturation: 0 to 200 centimeters
Fluventic features: Irregular decrease in organic matter with depth (Abg and 2Abg horizons)
Lithologic discontinuity: 66 to 200 centimeters
Ochric epipedon: 0 to 8 centimeters
Reduced matix: 0 to 200 centimeters
Sodic properties: SAR above 13 in all horizons
Taxonomic Version: Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 13th edition (2022)

ADDITIONAL DATA:
OSD User Pedon ID: S2010TX0715022
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.