IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bowie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980LA031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980LA031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48277
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 32.0344429
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6241684
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: .15 mi E of the NE corner, NW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: De Soto Parish
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA031—De Soto
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA031—De Soto Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. P. Edwards and B. A. Touchet
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bowie
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bowie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1980 (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
    • 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

    4

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    105

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    270

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    18

    27

    9

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02838
    E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02839
    B/E—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02840
    BT1—41 to 59 centimeters (16.1 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 1 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02841. patchy - phpvsfiid 199731; patchy - phpvsfiid 199732; patchy - phpvsfiid 199731; patchy - phpvsfiid 199732
    BT2—59 to 83 centimeters (23.2 to 32.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02842. patchy - phpvsfiid 199735; patchy - phpvsfiid 199735
    BT2—83 to 102 centimeters (32.7 to 40.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 80P02843
    BT3—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical iron concretions and 15 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 80P02844. patchy - phpvsfiid 199736; patchy - phpvsfiid 199736
    BT4—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films; 3 percent coarse spherical iron concretions; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 80P02845. patchy - phpvsfiid 199742; patchy - phpvsfiid 199742