IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX0712764
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX0712764
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0444
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58663
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 29.8561115
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5619431
  • 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-G5—Monroe City, Texas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Hall, S. Kloesel, J. Bushong
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, hyperthermic Arenic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stowell
  • PSC - 74 to 124 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Anahuac
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Landscape: meander belt
  • Landform: bar
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/2010 (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
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    E1

    E2

    B/Et

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btg

    0

    40

    63

    74

    89

    113

    160

    40

    63

    74

    89

    113

    160

    203

    3

    3.1

    1.8

    17

    33.8

    18

    17.3

    22.9

    21.9

    23.2

    14.5

    14

    5.8

    7.9

    9.4

    9.4

    9

    6

    4.8

    2.5

    3.1

    13.5

    12.5

    14.2

    8.5

    9.2

    3.3

    4.8

    74.1

    75

    75

    68.5

    52.2

    76.2

    74.8

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0.1

    0

    0

    0

    0

    1.4

    1.2

    1.5

    0.2

    0.2

    0.5

    1.6

    42.4

    42

    46

    47.7

    27.4

    53.5

    57.6

    30.3

    31.8

    27.4

    20.6

    24.6

    22.2

    15.6

    lfs

    lfs

    lfs

    fsl

    scl

    fsl

    fsl

    5.4

    5.3

    5.2

    5.1

    4.9

    5.1

    5.2

    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

    A

    E1

    E2

    B/Et

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btg

    0

    40

    63

    74

    89

    113

    160

    40

    63

    74

    89

    113

    160

    203

    4.6

    4.5

    4.5

    4.2

    4.1

    4.2

    4.3

    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 %

    A

    E1

    E2

    B/Et

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btg

    0

    40

    63

    74

    89

    113

    160

    40

    63

    74

    89

    113

    160

    203

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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—74

    74—203

    74—89

    —74—

    —129—

    —15—

    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

    0.5

    9.8

    195

    A—0 to 40 centimeters (0.0 to 15.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loamy fine sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N02314; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E1—40 to 63 centimeters (15.7 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02315; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E2—63 to 74 centimeters (24.8 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout and ; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries on surfaces along pores and 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02316; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent fine faint gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries throughout and 15 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; 15 to 25 percent albic tongues (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—89 to 113 centimeters (35.0 to 44.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; 20 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 25 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N02318; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—113 to 160 centimeters (44.5 to 63.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films; 20 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 25 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02319; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 35 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N02320; moist when described; observed in pit, small