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Sorter soil series

A representative soil profile of Sorter very fine sandy loam in an area of Sorter-Dallardsville complex, 0 to 1 percent. (Soil Survey of Tyler County, Texas; by Levi Steptoe, Jr., Natural Resources Conservation Services).

 

The Sorter series consists of very deep, poorly drained soils. These nearly level to very gently sloping soils formed in loamy fluviomarine deposits of the Lissie Formation of early to mid-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: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, superactive, thermic Natric Vermaqualfs

 

Soil Moisture: An aquic soil moisture regime.

Mean annual soil temperature: 20.6 to 21.7 degrees C (69 to 71 degrees F)

Crayfish krotovinas range from 50 to 70 percent in the upper 100 centimeters.

Particle-size control section (weighted average)

Clay content: 4 to 12 percent

CEC/clay ratio: 0.65 to 1.0

Exchangeable Sodium Percentage: 7 to 15 in the particle-size control section and 1 to 15 throughout.

 

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are in forest. Some areas have been cleared for pasture. Native vegetation includes lobolly and shortleaf pine and water oak, willow oak, red oak, and sweetgum. Understory includes blackgum, post oak, yaupon, persimmon, wax myrtle, American elm, and American beautyberry.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana; LRR T; The Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods (MLRA 152B); series of large extent.

 

For additional information about the survey area, visit:

www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/texas/TX457/0/...

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/S/SORTER.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#sorter

 

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Uploaded on May 8, 2021
Taken in January 2000