IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ruston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988LA013013
  • User Pedon ID: 88LA013013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988LA013013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61730
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.4252777
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1991653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bienville Parish, Louisiana, about 2.5 miles northeast of Fryeburg on LA Hwy 516, 1.3 miles northwest on Parish Road 490, 750 feet north and west of Parish Road, 100 feet north of electric line right of way.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA013—Bienville
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Cooley, Wayne Hudnall, Jimmy Edwards
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruston
  • PSC - 48 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PITA

    QUFA

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus falcata

    loblolly pine

    southern red oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    48—353

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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

    3

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    74

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    225

    150

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    8

    3

    13

    7

    2

    13

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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03481; moist when described;. many fine roots throughout; many very fine roots throughout
    E—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior sandy loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03482; moist when described;. common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    Bt1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) exterior sandy clay loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03483; moist when described;. Some peds coated with a very pale brown very fine sand; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; common medium prominent 10YR63 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 224206; patchy - phpvsfiid 224206
    Bt2—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) exterior sandy clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent prominent , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03484; moist when described;. few fine iron concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 224207; continuous - phpvsfiid 224207
    Bt3—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) exterior sandy clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine prominent and 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent prominent , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03485; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 10YR66 mottles; common medium prominent 10YR63 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 224208; continuous - phpvsfiid 224208
    Bt/E1—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) exterior sandy clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent and 11 percent red (10R 4/8) medium distinct and 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03486; dry when described;. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine prominent 10YR62 mottles; common medium distinct 10R48 mottles; common medium prominent 10YR63 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 224209; continuous - phpvsfiid 224209
    Bt/E2—165 to 201 centimeters (65.0 to 79.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) exterior sandy clay loam; 11 percent red (10R 4/8) medium distinct and 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03487; dry when described;. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common medium distinct 10R48 mottles; common medium prominent 10YR64 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 224210; continuous - phpvsfiid 224210
    Bt/E3—201 to 254 centimeters (79.1 to 100.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior sandy clay loam; 11 percent red (10R 4/8) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03488; dry when described;. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine prominent 10R48 mottles; common medium prominent 10YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 224211; continuous - phpvsfiid 224211
    Bt/E4—254 to 325 centimeters (100.0 to 128.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) exterior loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03489; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common medium prominent 10YR63 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 224212; patchy - phpvsfiid 224212
    Bt/E5—325 to 353 centimeters (128.0 to 139.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) exterior sandy loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03490; moist when described;. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common medium prominent 10YR63 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 224213; patchy - phpvsfiid 224213