IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beaumont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955TX071091
  • User Pedon ID: 55TX071091
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4562
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40714
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 29.7875004
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9138870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S of Mt. Belvieu 4.5 miles, 400 yards W of State Highway 146.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX071—Chambers
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX071—Chambers County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I. C. Mowery
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Entic Pelluderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 91
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaumont
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaumont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bw

    Bssg1

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    Bssg5

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    23

    56

    91

    127

    163

    198

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    91

    127

    163

    198

    249

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    54.9

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    58

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    37.9

    36.4

    35

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    7.2

    7.4

    7.1

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    6.5

    5.8

    10.2

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    5.1

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    8.1
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    Bssg5

    0

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

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    0

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky; 21.0 roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A34820
    Bw—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A34821
    Bssg1—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky; 0.5 roots; distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34822
    Bssg2—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky; 0.5 roots; distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34823
    Bssg3—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky; 0.5 roots; distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34824
    Bssg4—163 to 198 centimeters (64.2 to 78.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; 1 percent fine faint mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky; distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34825
    Bssg5—198 to 249 centimeters (78.0 to 98.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34826