Soil Data Explorer - BOWEN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BOWEN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BOWEN, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to BOWEN were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BOWEN soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the BOWEN series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BOWEN series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the BOWEN series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BOWEN share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BOWEN series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the BOWEN series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BOWEN, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing BOWEN as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Bowen, moderately deep-Bowen, deep families complex, 40 to 70 percent slopes, very stony	640S	4327	500974	jt9g	co634		1:24000
Ula-Bowen families association, 15 to 40 percent slopes	450M	4324	500957	jt8x	co634		1:24000
Bowen family, 35 to 70 percent slopes, very bouldery	620S	2415	500966	jt96	co634		1:24000
Bowen family, 40 to 70 percent slopes, rubbly	806X	1860	500982	jt9q	co634		1:24000
Clayburn-Gelkie-Bowen families complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	815G	1815	500989	jt9y	co634		1:24000
Bowen-Bushpark families association, 40 to 70 percent slopes, very stony	445S	1566	500956	jt8w	co634		1:24000
Bowen family, 5 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	813B	1036	500986	jt9v	co634		1:24000
Bowen, deep-Bowen, moderately deep families complex, 40 to 70 percent slopes, extremely stony	470S	856	500959	jt8z	co634		1:24000
Bowen-Gelkie families association, 2 to 40 percent slopes	645M	740	500975	jt9h	co634		1:24000
Bowen, moderately deep-Bowen, deep families complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes, cool	640M	556	500973	jt9f	co634		1:24000
Bowen gravelly sandy loam, 15 to 45 percent slopes	Bw	3985	497765	jpyy	co646	1973	1:24000
Rogert-Bowen association, 20 to 55 percent slopes, extremely stony	712C	13952	509387	k31v	co647		1:24000
Bowen, cool-Agneston association, 15 to 50 percent slopes	108	33338	2453661	2nc7c	co664	1987	1:24000
Quander-Bowen association, 15 to 60 percent slopes	159	25285	2453694	2nc8f	co664	1987	1:24000
Bushvalley-Bowen association, 20 to 60 percent slopes	112	25133	2453665	2nc7h	co664	1987	1:24000
Bowen, cool-Bushvalley association, 35 to 60 percent slopes	109	5801	2453662	2nc7d	co664	1987	1:24000
Bowen-Winnemucca association, 5 to 45 percent slopes	110	4884	2453663	2nc7f	co664	1987	1:24000
Gothic-Bowen complex, 5 to 60 percent slopes	144	2019	2453684	2nc83	co664	1987	1:24000
Mollet, very stony-Bowen, stony families-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	2150C	1407	2724641	2sh81	mt632		1:24000
Bowen, stony-Maciver-Nieman families, complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	1150D	1207	2724633	2sh7s	mt632		1:24000
Bowen, cool-Agneston, stony association, 15 to 50 percent slopes	BcF	150	2770153	2tl8s	nm672		1:24000
Quander-Bowen, cool association, 15 to 60 percent slopes, stony	QbF	62	2770161	2tl91	nm672		1:24000
Poin-Bowen-Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	196	3662	501740	jv35	wy601	1991	1:24000
Bowen family-Herbman family-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	707BK		708666	rsf6	wy622		1:24000
Rogert family, very stony-Rock outcrop-Bowen family complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	709CK		708665	rsf5	wy622		1:24000
Supervisor-Bowen family complex 10 to 25 percent slopes	51	12496	708328	rs29	wy632		1:24000
Kittredge-Bowen families, complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes	40	10070	707879	rrlt	wy632		1:24000
Bowen family-Irigul family, very stony-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 65 percent slopes	21	8998	707858	rrl4	wy632		1:24000
Irigul family, very stony-Bowen family-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 85 percent slopes	36	8738	707872	rrll	wy632		1:24000
Bowen-Kittredge families, complex, 25 to 40 percent slopes	22	8629	707857	rrl3	wy632		1:24000
Bowen-Supervisor families, complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	23	3203	707861	rrl7	wy632		1:24000
Kittredge-Bowen families, complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	39	1884	707874	rrln	wy632		1:24000
Irigul family, very stony-Bowen family complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes	35	706	707873	rrlm	wy632		1:24000
Bowen-Kezar-Pineisle complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	3401	6731	1473785	1lglg	wy635		1:24000
Beavmid-Bowen, boudery surface-Warridge complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	3409	6092	3083499	2y0y7	wy635		1:24000
Beavmid-Warridge, stony surface-Bowen complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	3410	3927	3083500	2y0y8	wy635		1:24000
Beavmid-Warridge, stony surface-Bowen complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	3410	1110	3169683	2y0y8	wy713	1986	1:24000
Beavmid-Bowen, boudery surface-Warridge complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	3409	60	3169682	2y0y7	wy713	1986	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BOWEN soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).