IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beaumont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX0711005
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX0711005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7635
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69173
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 29.8169583
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4339667
  • 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-G4—Stowell, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Wiedenfeld
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, hyperthermic Chromic Dystraquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaumont
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, hyperthermic Chromic Dystraquerts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: flat coastal plain, relict meander belt
  • Landform: backswamp
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Beaumont formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/2011 (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 - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    episaturation

    ochric epipedon

    slickensides

    endosaturation

    0—48

    0—48

    0—22

    48—203

    128—

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    4.9

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    264

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    A—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; 20.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw—22 to 48 centimeters (8.7 to 18.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 8 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01100; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bss1—48 to 87 centimeters (18.9 to 34.3 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent prominent gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and 20 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01101; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bss2—87 to 128 centimeters (34.3 to 50.4 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent prominent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent medium prominent red (10R 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 30 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01102; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bssg1—128 to 162 centimeters (50.4 to 63.8 inches); N 5/1 (N 5/1) clay; moderate coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent N 5/1 (N 5/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse faint N 6/1 (N 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in cracks and 30 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01103; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bssg2—162 to 203 centimeters (63.8 to 79.9 inches); N 6/1 (N 6/1) clay; strong very coarse wedge parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent N 6/1 (N 6/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse faint N 7/1 (N 7/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on slickensides and 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # 12N01104; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry