Sarita soil series
A representative soil profile of Sarita fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes. In this profile the sandy surface and subsurface layers extend to about 160 cm. Below that is a sandy clay loam subsoil. (Soil Survey of Duval County, Texas; by John L. Sackett III, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Sarita series consists of very deep well drained, moderately permeable soils formed in eolian sands over loamy alluvium of Quaternary age. These soils occur on gently undulating, vegetated low dunes on the Sandsheet Prairie of the South Texas Coastal Plain. Slope ranges from 0 to 5 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 635 cm (25 in) and mean annual air temperature is 22.2 degrees C (72 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, active, hyperthermic Grossarenic Paleustalfs
Soil Moisture: An ustic soil moisture regime. The soil moisture control section is dry in some or all parts for more than 90 but less than 180 cumulative days in normal years.
Solum thickness: more than 203 cm (80 in).
Depth to argillic horizon: 117 to 160 cm (46 to 63 in).
Particle-size control section (weighted average).
Clay content: 18 to 35 percent.
CEC/clay ratio: 0.40 to 0.60.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mostly for livestock grazing, forage production, and wildlife habitat. Vegetation is mostly midgrasses of fall witchgrass, plains bristlegrass, seacoast bluestem, hooded windmillgrass, fringeleaf paspalum, threeawn, grassbur; a scattering of mesquite trees and motts of liveoak occur on areas. A few areas are used for irrigated crop production with peanuts, vegetables, and watermelons. The ecological site is Sandy 25-35 PZ (R083EY706TX).
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Sandsheet Prairie, Texas; LRR I, MLRA 83E; of southern Texas. The series is of large extent. This is a Benchmark Series. These soils were formerly included in the Nueces series.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/texas/TX131/Du...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/S/SARITA.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
Sarita soil series
A representative soil profile of Sarita fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes. In this profile the sandy surface and subsurface layers extend to about 160 cm. Below that is a sandy clay loam subsoil. (Soil Survey of Duval County, Texas; by John L. Sackett III, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Sarita series consists of very deep well drained, moderately permeable soils formed in eolian sands over loamy alluvium of Quaternary age. These soils occur on gently undulating, vegetated low dunes on the Sandsheet Prairie of the South Texas Coastal Plain. Slope ranges from 0 to 5 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 635 cm (25 in) and mean annual air temperature is 22.2 degrees C (72 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, active, hyperthermic Grossarenic Paleustalfs
Soil Moisture: An ustic soil moisture regime. The soil moisture control section is dry in some or all parts for more than 90 but less than 180 cumulative days in normal years.
Solum thickness: more than 203 cm (80 in).
Depth to argillic horizon: 117 to 160 cm (46 to 63 in).
Particle-size control section (weighted average).
Clay content: 18 to 35 percent.
CEC/clay ratio: 0.40 to 0.60.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mostly for livestock grazing, forage production, and wildlife habitat. Vegetation is mostly midgrasses of fall witchgrass, plains bristlegrass, seacoast bluestem, hooded windmillgrass, fringeleaf paspalum, threeawn, grassbur; a scattering of mesquite trees and motts of liveoak occur on areas. A few areas are used for irrigated crop production with peanuts, vegetables, and watermelons. The ecological site is Sandy 25-35 PZ (R083EY706TX).
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Sandsheet Prairie, Texas; LRR I, MLRA 83E; of southern Texas. The series is of large extent. This is a Benchmark Series. These soils were formerly included in the Nueces series.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/texas/TX131/Du...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/S/SARITA.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: