IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ruston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990LA011013
  • User Pedon ID: 90LA011013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62934
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 30.8419437
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4877777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet N and 200 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. Approximately 4 3/4 miles N of Neale.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA011—Beauregard
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clay Midkiff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruston
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orangeburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06107. many fine roots
    E/B—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06108. 30 to 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam Bt part
    Bt1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06109. common decayed roots in root channels; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium roots
    Bt2—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay; strong very coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06110. few coarse white sand grains and gravel up to 3/8" in diameter; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bt3—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; , moist, skeletans in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06111. few coarse white sand grains and common gravel up 1/4" in diameter; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bt4—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; faint , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and distinct , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06112. few coarse white sand grains; small pockets (1/2"-1" in diameter) of reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) sandy loam make up about 10 percent of this horizon; patchy - phpvsfiid 225959; patchy - phpvsfiid 225959
    Bt5—165 to 221 centimeters (65.0 to 87.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06113. few pores filled with gray sand grains (skeletans); few coarse white sand grains; small pockets (1/2"-1" in diameter) of reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) sandy loam make up about 5 percent of this horizon; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 225961; patchy - phpvsfiid 225961
    Bt6—221 to 262 centimeters (87.0 to 103.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06114. few coarse white sand grains; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few medium roots
    Bt7—262 to 282 centimeters (103.1 to 111.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06115. pores lined with discontinuous distinct clay films; few coarse white sand grains and small gravel up to 1/4" in diameter; few medium roots