IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX0712765
  • User Pedon ID: S10TX0712765
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0442
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58661
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 29.7236118
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5797195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX071—Chambers
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX071—Chambers County, Texas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29094-F5—Oyster Bayou, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: .Kenny Hall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, hyperthermic Arenic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stowell
  • PSC - 69 to 119 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stowell
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: relict dune, relict dune
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    AE

    E

    Bt/E

    Bt

    Btg1

    Btg2

    0

    16

    33

    50

    69

    84

    170

    190

    16

    33

    50

    69

    84

    170

    190

    203

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    4.5

    4.4

    5.4

    6.6

    24.4

    48.5

    24.1

    8.7

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    12.4

    12.7

    12.7

    11.2

    9.6

    6.1

    5.4

    3.3

    7

    7.5

    7.3

    6.5

    6.7

    5.4

    3.8

    2.5

    5.4

    5.2

    5.4

    4.7

    2.9

    0.7

    1.6

    0.8

    83.1

    82.9

    81.9

    82.2

    66

    45.4

    70.5

    80

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    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0.1

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0.1

    0

    0

    0.3

    0

    0

    0.2

    0.1

    0.2

    0.2

    0.1

    0.4

    0.2

    0.1

    72

    70.5

    72.8

    74

    57.7

    38.8

    64.8

    82.1

    10.9

    12.3

    8.8

    8

    8.2

    5.8

    5.5

    5.8

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    lfs

    lfs

    lfs

    lfs

    scl

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    scl

    lfs

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    4.5

    4.8

    4.8

    4.9

    4.6

    4.6

    5

    4.9
    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

    A1

    A2

    AE

    E

    Bt/E

    Bt

    Btg1

    Btg2

    0

    16

    33

    50

    69

    84

    170

    190

    16

    33

    50

    69

    84

    170

    190

    203

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    3.9

    4.1

    4.1

    4

    3.9

    4.1

    4.1

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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 %

    A1

    A2

    AE

    E

    Bt/E

    Bt

    Btg1

    Btg2

    0

    16

    33

    50

    69

    84

    170

    190

    16

    33

    50

    69

    84

    170

    190

    203

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    0.8

    0.2

    0.5

    0.2

    0.3

    0.1

    0.1

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—50

    50—69

    84—190

    —50—

    —19—

    —106—
    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

    0

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    4.9

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    283

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    A1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    A2—16 to 33 centimeters (6.3 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    AE—33 to 50 centimeters (13.0 to 19.7 inches); 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    E—50 to 69 centimeters (19.7 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 4 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt/E—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt—84 to 170 centimeters (33.1 to 66.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 35 percent medium prominent 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Btg1—170 to 190 centimeters (66.9 to 74.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 20 percent medium prominent yellow (2.5Y 7/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Btg2—190 to 203 centimeters (74.8 to 79.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4 percent fine prominent 10Y 7/ (10Y 7/), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium prominent yellow (2.5Y 7/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter.; moist when described;