IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Owens

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1984TX429002

User Pedon ID: 84TX429002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 84P0775

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55018

Print Date: 11/26/2024

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: 32.8272209

Std. Longitude: -98.7386093

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Stephens County, TX. 1.5 mile N on TX Hwy 67 from its intersection with US Hwy 80, 8.6 mi E 107 meters S of County Road.

Map Unit: OxE—Owens-Harpersville complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes, extremely bouldery

Country: US—United States

State: Texas

County: TX429—Stephens

MLRA: 80B—Texas North-Central Prairies

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX429—Stephens County, Texas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32098-G6—Ivan South, Texas

PEDON

Describers Name: Tom Cyprian and Clyde Lowther

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Haplustepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 2

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Owens

Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Ustochrept

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984

Moisture Class - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

QA Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from mudstone

Landscape: hills

Landform: hillslope

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Runoff: very high

Drainage Class: well

Bedrock: noncoherent mudstone at 101cm with 10 to <45

Geology: Thrifty And Graham formation of the Cisco group.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R080BY161TX	Shallow Clay 26-33" PZ	Oct 17 2019	Chance Robinson

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/1/1984 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, densic	noncoherent	101 - 200	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon densic materials densic contact	0—12 12—59 76—152 101—101	—- —- —- —-

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
72	—	—	344	—		761	—	220	18.1	28.3	7.3	—	—	—	—	—	411042	BRECKENRIDGE	Coop

A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; stony clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 5.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04325. many fine roots; effervescence is continuous

Bw1—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04326. common fine roots; effervescence is continuous

Bw2—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04327. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous

Bw3—40 to 59 centimeters (15.7 to 23.2 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior, olive (5Y 5/3) interior, moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04328. few fine roots; effervescence is continuous

B/C1—59 to 76 centimeters (23.2 to 29.9 inches); 70 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; 11 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) coarse mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04329. Few films and threads and soft calcium carbonate deposits mostly on ped faces; percentage of shale increases with depth.; few fine roots between peds; common coarse 2.5Y66 mottles; effervescence is continuous

B/C2—76 to 101 centimeters (29.9 to 39.8 inches); 60 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, moist; shaly clay; 11 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) coarse mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04330. Few soft calcium carbonate deposits along cleavage planes; matrix noncalcareous.; few fine roots between peds; common coarse 2.5Y66 mottles; effervescence is continuous

Cd1—101 to 137 centimeters (39.8 to 53.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) interior bedrock; massive, and weak platy; extremely hard, extremely firm*; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04331. Few soft calcium carbonate deposits along clevage planes; matrix noncalcareous.; effervescence is discontinuous

Cd2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) interior bedrock; massive, and weak platy; extremely hard, extremely firm*; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P04332. Few soft calcium carbonate depsoits along clevage planes; matrix noncalcareous.; effervescence is discontinuous