IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LeBeau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96LA097001
  • User Pedon ID: 96LA097001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • LOCATION

  • State: Louisiana
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Guillory and Doug Slabaugh
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LeBeau
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: backswamp
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    52—232

    93—131

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    Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 10.0 fine pores; 5 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—10 to 39 centimeters (3.9 to 15.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 3 percent pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/2) iron depletions between peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw2—39 to 52 centimeters (15.4 to 20.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 25 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/2) iron depletions between peds; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified between peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    Bss—52 to 93 centimeters (20.5 to 36.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); strong medium subangular blocky parts to wedge structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine and medium roots in cracks; 60 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 10 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/2) iron depletions between peds; 1 percent fine light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) lime masses between peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bkssy1—93 to 112 centimeters (36.6 to 44.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); strong medium subangular blocky parts to wedge structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots in cracks; 60 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions between peds; 25 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified between peds and 10 percent medium light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) lime masses between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    Bkssy2—112 to 131 centimeters (44.1 to 51.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); strong medium subangular blocky parts to wedge structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots in cracks; 60 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses between peds and 10 percent medium dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions between peds; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified between peds and 25 percent medium light brown (7.5YR 6/4) lime masses between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    Bssg—131 to 155 centimeters (51.6 to 61.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1); strong medium subangular blocky parts to wedge structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots in cracks; 1.0 fine pores; 60 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 10 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified between peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    B'ss1—155 to 187 centimeters (61.0 to 73.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4); strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots in cracks; 1.0 fine pores; 60 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions between peds; 1 percent fine lime masses between peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    B'ss2—187 to 214 centimeters (73.6 to 84.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4); strong medium subangular blocky parts to wedge structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 60 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions between peds; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    B'ss3—214 to 232 centimeters (84.3 to 91.3 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4); strong medium subangular blocky, and wedge structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 60 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 10 percent medium dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions between peds and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.