IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RUSTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987LA079001
  • User Pedon ID: 87LA079001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987LA079001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60000
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 31.1680565
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5388870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Rapides Parish, Louisiana; from traffic light on US Highway 165 in Woodworth, 3 miles west and northwest on asphalt road that changes to gravel, 150 feet northeast of gravel road in an area of woodland
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA079—Rapides
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA079—Rapides Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. C. Cockerham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RUSTON
  • 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:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIPA2

    RUBUS

    Pinus palustris

    Rubus

    longleaf pine

    blackberry

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    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

    4

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    56

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    1499

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    18.3

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    A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03785
    E—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; massive; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03786
    BT1—18 to 45 centimeters (7.1 to 17.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03787. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199783; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199783
    BT2—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03788. patchy - phpvsfiid 199784; patchy - phpvsfiid 199784
    B/E—65 to 100 centimeters (25.6 to 39.4 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03789
    B'T1—100 to 132 centimeters (39.4 to 52.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03790. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199785; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199785
    B'T2—132 to 169 centimeters (52.0 to 66.5 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03791. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199786; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199786
    B'T3—169 to 215 centimeters (66.5 to 84.6 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P03792. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199787; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199787