IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Latonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987LA085002
  • User Pedon ID: 87LA085002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0403
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59698
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 31.7727776
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6055527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1 mile S and 1.25 miles E of Mitchell, 45 feet E of unimproved road, 72 feet S of N property fence line. Map sheet number 9.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA085—Sabine
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Guillory, C.M.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Latonia
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bernaldo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Glossic Paleudalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1987 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—170

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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

    1

    —

    —

    69

    —

    90

    123

    —

    —

    17

    26

    8

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    165892

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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02088; moist when described;. many fine roots throughout
    1E—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02089; moist when described;. few fine roots throughout; many fine faint 10YR66 mottles
    1B/E—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam, fine sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02090; moist when described;. few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles
    1Bt1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02091; very moist when described;. few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; few fine faint 10YR68 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 221837; patchy - phpvsfiid 221837
    1Bt2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02092; very moist when described;. few medium iron concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 221838; continuous - phpvsfiid 221838
    1B'/E'—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); 80 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior loam, fine sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P02093; wet when described;. few medium iron concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 221839; continuous - phpvsfiid 221840; patchy - phpvsfiid 221839; continuous - phpvsfiid 221840
    1B'/E'—132 to 170 centimeters (52.0 to 66.9 inches); loam, fine sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 87P02094. Split for sampling.