IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RUSTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987LA059001
  • User Pedon ID: 87LA059001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59999
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 31.7038898
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0625000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana; from the intersection of LA-Hwy 8 and parish road in Eden; .55 miles southwest on LA-Hwy S; 300 feet south on private gravel road; 450 feet east of farm pond
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA059—LaSalle
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA059—LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Cockerham and J. Daigle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RUSTON
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    1

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    55

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    1499

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    18.3

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    AP—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03777
    BT1—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03778. continuous - phpvsfiid 199775; continuous - phpvsfiid 199775
    BT2—30 to 52 centimeters (11.8 to 20.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03779. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199776; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199776
    E/BT1—52 to 75 centimeters (20.5 to 29.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) skeletans on faces of peds and 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03780. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199778; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199778
    E/BT2—75 to 107 centimeters (29.5 to 42.1 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03781. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199779; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199779
    B'T1—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03782. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199780; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199780
    B'T2—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03783. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199781; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199781
    B'T3—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P03784. continuous - phpvsfiid 199782; continuous - phpvsfiid 199782