IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Bowie
OSD
Series Extent
Local Phase:
variant
User Site ID:
S86TX225002
User Pedon ID:
S86TX225002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
TAMU
Lab Pedon # -
S86TX225002
Print Date:
12/6/2025
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:
31.5758694
Std. Longitude:
-95.3242806
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
From the intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and Farm Road 228 in Grapeland; 11.1 miles east on Farm Road 228; 0.8 mile south on a county road; then 150 feet west of the road.
State:
Texas
County:
TX225—Houston
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Plinthic Paleudults
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Bowie
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Plinthic Paleudults
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
8/5/1986
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/5/1986 (actual site observation date)
Data Collector:
Steptoe, Gray, Smith, Lane, Brockmann, Hallmark, Others
Surface Cover Properties:
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
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mm
C
mm
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A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2747
E—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2748
Bt1—30 to 74 centimeters (11.8 to 29.1 inches); sandy clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2749
Bt2—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); sandy clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2750
Bt3—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); sandy clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2751
Bt4—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); sandy clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2752
Bt/E—140 to 178 centimeters (55.1 to 70.1 inches); sandy clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2753
BC—178 to 200 centimeters (70.1 to 78.7 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # TAMU2754