Class No.

Soil texture
class

% Sand

% Silt

% Clay

1
2

Sand
Loamy
Sand
Sandy
Loam
Silt Loam
Silt
Loam
Sandy Clay
Loam
Silty Clay
Loam
Clay Loam
Sandy Clay

92
82

5
12

3
6

Quartz
Content
(PetersLidard et
al, 1998,
JAS)
0.92
0.82

58

32

10

0.60

17
10
43
58

70
85
39
15

13
5
18
27

0.25
0.10
0.40
0.60

10

56

34

0.10

32
52

34
6

34
42

0.35
0.52

11
12
13

Silty Clay
Clay
Organic
Material

6
22
0

47
20
0

47
58
0

0.10
0.25

14
15
16
17*

Water
Bedrock
Other
Playa

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

18*
19*

Lava
White sand

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Note: *: not originally in STASGO data base

Estimated
Quartz
content
(F. Chen
subjective
Method)

0.05
(mostly
peat,
muck,
mineral
soils are
not
dominant)

0.60 (as
sandy
loam)
0.92 (as
sand)