IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sligo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994LA015012
  • User Pedon ID: 94LA015012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994LA015012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0370
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67388
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 32.4658318
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4836121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA015—Bossier
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA015—Bossier Parish, Louisiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32093-D4—Koran, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sligo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous Typic Paleudalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 22D
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and 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

    CORNU

    NYSY

    PITA

    QUAL

    Cornus

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus alba

    dogwood

    blackgum

    loblolly pine

    white 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—35

    35—207

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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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    66

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    225

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02895
    E—5 to 14 centimeters (2.0 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02896
    BE—14 to 35 centimeters (5.5 to 13.8 inches); 65 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02897
    Bt1—35 to 58 centimeters (13.8 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 medium and coarse low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical brown (7.5YR 4/4) worm casts throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02898. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181960; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181960
    Bt2—58 to 82 centimeters (22.8 to 32.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate permeability; 2.0 medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02899. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181961; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181961
    Bt3/E—82 to 118 centimeters (32.3 to 46.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct spherical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate permeability; 3.0 medium and coarse moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02900. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181962; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181979; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181962; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181979
    Bt4/E—118 to 146 centimeters (46.5 to 57.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct spherical mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 medium and coarse moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02901. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194440; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194441; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194440; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194441
    Bt5/E—146 to 166 centimeters (57.5 to 65.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately slow permeability; 10.0 medium and coarse moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, black stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02902. patchy - phpvsfiid 194443; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194442; patchy - phpvsfiid 194443; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194442
    Bt6/E—166 to 207 centimeters (65.4 to 81.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately slow permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02903