IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Messer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990LA011020
  • User Pedon ID: 90LA011020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62941
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 30.5300007
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2233353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: about 1/2 mile W and 1250 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. Approximately 7900 feet NE of Ragley.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA011—Beauregard
  • MLRA: 152B—Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clay Midkiff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Messer
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Messer
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, siliceous, thermic Haplic Glossudalf
  • 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: moderately 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    31

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    270

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06172. few fine soft iron manganese nodules; few fine pieces of charcoal; many fine to coarse roots
    E—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06173. few fine iron and manganese nodules; few fine pieces of charcoal; common fine root channels lined with strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) oxidation stains; many fine and medium roots; common fine distinct 10YR44 mottles
    B—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06174. many fine and medium hard iron and manganese nodules; common fine and medium roots; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    E/Bt—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06175. common pore spaces filled with dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; few void spaces, up to 1/2 inch in diameter, lined with distinct clay films; many fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) pockets of soft iron oxides; many fine and medium iron
    Bt1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; weak fine granular, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P06176. common fine pockets of soft red (2.5YR 4/8) iron oxides; common fine and medium iron and manganese nodules up to 3/8 inch in diameter; interfingering of light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam (E) 1/2 to 1 inch wide make up about 15% of t; few coats surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots; few medium faint 10YR56 mottles
    Bt2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06177. common fine soft iron and manganese nodules; common red (2.5YR 4/8) oxidation stains on prism faces; interfingering of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam (E) 1/4 to 3 1/2 inches wide make up about 7% of this horizon; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; common medium faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1496026; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1496026
    Bt3—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium faint mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint , moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06178. few distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) oxidation stains on ped faces and lining root channels; few fine and medium hard and soft iron and manganese nodules; few medium faint 10YR68 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1496027; patchy - phpvsfiid 1496028; continuous - phpvsfiid 1496027; patchy - phpvsfiid 1496028
    Bt4—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine and medium prominent and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coarse distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm; brittle; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06179. few red (2.5YR 4/8) iron oxide accumulations on prism faces; common seams and coats of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam (light) between prisms; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; many coarse distinct 10YR64 mottles
    Bt5—157 to 198 centimeters (61.8 to 78.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; brittle; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06180. few medium iron and manganese nodules; seams of grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay, 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide; common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common fine prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1496030; continuous - phpvsfiid 1496030
    Bt6—198 to 241 centimeters (78.0 to 94.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; distinct , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06181. few coarse hard iron and manganese nodules; few fine prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1496031; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1496031
    BCg—241 to 287 centimeters (94.9 to 113.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 11 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine faint and 11 percent yellow (10YR 7/8) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06182. few fine distinct 10YR58 mottles; common fine faint 2.5Y63 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR78 mottles