IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caspiana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992LA017001
  • User Pedon ID: 92LA017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0661
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64900
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.2977791
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5747223
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1 mile NW of Caspiana, 1000 feet N of La. 523, 20 feet W of Farm Road; SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA017—Caddo
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA017—Caddo Parish, Louisiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32093-C5—Elm Grove, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wayne Kilpatrick and Charles Henry, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caspiana
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: levee
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/7/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03979
    A1—11 to 29 centimeters (4.3 to 11.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03980. few root channels filled with reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam
    A2—29 to 43 centimeters (11.4 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03981
    Bt1—43 to 65 centimeters (16.9 to 25.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent black stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03982
    Bt2—65 to 89 centimeters (25.6 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent black stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03983
    Bt3—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03984. few fine soft black accumulations of organic material
    Bt4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03985. common accumulations of soft black organic material