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 mm mm C mm

    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