IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowmarsh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX1991028
  • User Pedon ID: S12TX1991028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73132
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 30.4964444
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1273889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX199—Hardin
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30094-D2—Deserter Baygall, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cody N. Langston
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, acid, thermic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowmarsh (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowmarsh
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flatwoods, flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding begining in jan
  • Ponding: frequent ponding begining in jan
  • Geology: Alluvium (floodplain) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
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    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

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    0—32

    32—203

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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
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    Ag—0 to 32 centimeters (0.0 to 12.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; mucky silty clay; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg1—32 to 100 centimeters (12.6 to 39.4 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; massive; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) organic stains; 2 percent fine distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores and 2 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores and 5 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—100 to 170 centimeters (39.4 to 66.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay; massive; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent greenish gray (10Y 6/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries lining pores; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual smooth boundary.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg3—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; massive; very firm; 6.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 12.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine pores; 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores and 3 percent fine prominent iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.6.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket