IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eastwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989LA115023
  • User Pedon ID: 89LA115023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0778
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61877
  • Print Date: 5/7/2025

    • 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: 31.1519451
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1536102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mile W of Alligator Lake on Hwy 469; 1 mile S on woods road 600 east in woods
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA115—Vernon
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eastwood
  • PSC - 25 to 152 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Susquehanna
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    spodic horizon

    0—25

    25—170

    64—290

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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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    106

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    90

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04464. common thin (2.5YR 4/4) clay flows; many fine roots; many very fine roots
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04465. black stains along old root channels; many fine roots; many very fine roots; few fine prominent 5YR58 mottles; common fine faint 10YR62 mottles
    Bt—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04466. many medium slickenslides, intersecting, some larger in lower part; common fine roots; many very fine roots; common fine faint 10YR63 mottles
    Btss1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium prominent and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04467. (10YR 4/3) dark stains on ped faces (stains from roots); few coarse roots; common fine roots; few medium prominent 10YR63 mottles; common medium prominent 10YR62 mottles
    Btss2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04468. thin strata (7.5YR 4/6) SICL material; few fine roots; few very fine roots; few medium prominent 10YR54 mottles; many medium prominent 10YR62 mottles
    Btss3—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 11 percent red (10R 4/8) fine prominent and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04469. ,89P4470; Bt4 split for sampling: 69-86cm and 86-114cm; few very fine roots; few medium faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine prominent 10R48 mottles; many fine prominent 2.5YR46 mottles
    Btss4—114 to 170 centimeters (44.9 to 66.9 inches); pale red (2.5YR 6/2) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent red (10R 4/8) medium prominent and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 89P04471. , 89P4472; Bt5 split for sampling: 114-138cm; few very fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium prominent 10R48 mottles; many fine prominent 2.5YR46 mottles
    Bcg—170 to 193 centimeters (66.9 to 76.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; 1 percent greenish gray (5G 5/1) fine faint and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P04473. few very fine roots; few fine faint 5G51 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR68 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    C1—193 to 251 centimeters (76.0 to 98.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 89P04474. common fine and medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; many coarse prominent 10YR56 mottles
    C2—251 to 300 centimeters (98.8 to 118.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 89P04475. common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles
    C3—300 to 351 centimeters (118.1 to 138.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 89P04476. many medium faint 10YR56 mottles