IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rowden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984TX429005
  • User Pedon ID: S1984TX429005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0778
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55021
  • 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: 32.8880539
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6549988
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Stephens County, TX. 5 mi E on RR 1148 from its intersection with TX 67, 0.6 mi S and 130 meters W of County Road.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX429—Stephens
  • MLRA: 80B—Texas North-Central Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Cyprian and Clyde Lowther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rowden
  • PSC - 13 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/2016
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rowden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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 limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified at 79cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    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, lithic

    indurated

    79 - 99

    - 20 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—13

    13—79

    79—99

    —13—

    —66—

    —20—
    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

    12

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    364

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent worm casts; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04349
    A2—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04350
    Bt1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04351. patchy - phpvsfiid 1452897; patchy - phpvsfiid 1452898; patchy - phpvsfiid 1452897; patchy - phpvsfiid 1452898
    Bt2—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04352. patchy - phpvsfiid 1452899; patchy - phpvsfiid 1452899
    Bt3—50 to 67 centimeters (19.7 to 26.4 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04353. patchy - phpvsfiid 1452900; patchy - phpvsfiid 1452896; patchy - phpvsfiid 1452900; patchy - phpvsfiid 1452896
    Btk—67 to 79 centimeters (26.4 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent spherical iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04354. patchy - phpvsfiid 1452901; patchy - phpvsfiid 1452901
    R—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Hard limestone bedrock.
    Bkm—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); cemented material; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04355
    Ck1—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; hard, friable; 30 percent carbonate masses and 1 percent coarse carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04356
    Ck2—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) interior, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; hard, friable; 30 percent carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 84P04357
    Ck3—190 to 199 centimeters (74.8 to 78.3 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, moist; loam; fragments. Lab sample # 84P04358
    Ck4—199 to 227 centimeters (78.3 to 89.4 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, moist; clay loam; 30 percent carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 84P04359