IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coteau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979LA097007
  • User Pedon ID: 79LA097007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47355
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 30.5155563
  • Std. Longitude: -92.1050034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 4E
  • PLSS Details: 1 mi S of Opelousas on LA Hwy 357 675 feet E of Hwy, 90 feet S of woods line, Spanish Land Grant 93
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA097—St. Landry
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Driessen and K. Murphy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coteau
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coteau
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Glossaquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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

    1

    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00632. many fine roots
    1B21t—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; faint , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint , moist, skeletans on faces of peds and faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00633. common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214447; patchy - phpvsfiid 214448; patchy - phpvsfiid 228877; patchy - phpvsfiid 214447; patchy - phpvsfiid 214448; patchy - phpvsfiid 228877
    1B22t—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and faint , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint , moist, skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P00634. Common fine yellowish brown nodules with black interiors; dark areas are slightly brittle (10% of cross-section).; common fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214449; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214450; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214451; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214449; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214450; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214451
    1B&A'2—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P00635. Interfingers of pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam that are 1-1.5 cm thick between prisms make up about 25 percent of horizon; common fine yellowish brown nodules with black interiors (slightly brittle).; common fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214452; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214452
    1B23t—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint , moist, skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00637. Common fine yellowish brown nodules with black interiors.; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214454; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214453; patchy - phpvsfiid 214454; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214453
    1B24t—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00638. common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 214455; continuous - phpvsfiid 214455
    1B3—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P00639. few fine faint 7.5YR52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 214456; continuous - phpvsfiid 214456