IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX0714444
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX0714444
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010TX0714444
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0440
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58639
  • 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: 29.8510284
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5628357
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jenkins Farm
  • 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: J. Wiedenfeld, K. Hall, S. Kloesel, J. Bushong
  • 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 - 83 to 133 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Anahuac
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/2010
  • 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

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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: 11/16/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 - sunny
  • 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

    AE

    E

    E/Bt

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btg

    0

    33

    53

    83

    95

    123

    153

    33

    53

    83

    95

    123

    153

    203

    3.1

    2.9

    1.6

    10.4

    29.8

    21.8

    19.4

    22.9

    22.8

    23.2

    19.2

    10.3

    4.2

    1.6

    74

    74.3

    75.2

    70.4

    59.9

    74

    79

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0.2

    0.1

    0.4

    0.3

    0.3

    0.5

    2.9

    45.4

    46

    42.7

    45.2

    46.3

    64.6

    70

    28.4

    28.2

    32.1

    24.9

    13.3

    8.9

    6.1

    fsl

    lfs

    lfs

    fsl

    scl

    scl

    fsl

    6.6

    6.3

    6.6

    5.5

    5.4

    5.3

    5.3

    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

    AE

    E

    E/Bt

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btg

    0

    33

    53

    83

    95

    123

    153

    33

    53

    83

    95

    123

    153

    203

    4.9

    5.5

    5.7

    4.9

    4.6

    4.6

    4.5

    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

    AE

    E

    E/Bt

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btg

    0

    33

    53

    83

    95

    123

    153

    33

    53

    83

    95

    123

    153

    203

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGL2

    ILVO

    SCSC

    Andropogon glomeratus

    Ilex vomitoria

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    bushy bluestem

    yaupon

    little bluestem

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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—83

    83—203

    83—95

    —83—

    —120—

    —12—

    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

    11

    A—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; 5 percent fine brown (10YR 4/3), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    AE—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; 2 percent medium dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    E—53 to 83 centimeters (20.9 to 32.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 1 percent medium spherical brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, ironstone nodules and 5 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    E/Bt—83 to 95 centimeters (32.7 to 37.4 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent coarse spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, ironstone nodules and 1 percent medium spherical brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, ironstone nodules and 2 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 4 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 8 percent fine faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—95 to 123 centimeters (37.4 to 48.4 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 8 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 16 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2—123 to 153 centimeters (48.4 to 60.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 25 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btg—153 to 203 centimeters (60.2 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 30 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described; observed in trench