Soil Series
4.21 STOW (SW) (1871)
Definition
| Major soil group: | 04 pelosols | Non-alluvial clayey soils that crack deeply in dry seasons, but are slowly permeable when wet. They have a coarse blocky or prismatic structure and no prominently mottled non-calcareous subsurface horizons within 40 cm depth. |
| Soil Group: | 2 non-calcareous pelosols | Non-calcareous to at least 80 cm depth and no clay-enriched subsurface. |
| Soil Subgroup: | 1 typical non-calcareous pelosols | (Not subdivided below group level) |
| Soil Series: | clayey material passing to clay or soft mudstone |
Alert ! - slowly permeable soils with seasonal wetness read the alert
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0421a STOW | Stagnic Cambisols |
Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 2Representative Profiles: 1Auger Bores: 109 |
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