IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Feliciana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97LA033003-Feliciana
  • User Pedon ID: 97LA033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0454
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10137
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 30.6640587
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2357254
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 S.
  • Range: 1 W.
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 3000 feet west and 600 feet north of SE corner
  • Location Description: 17 miles north of State Capitol Building on US Highway 61 to E. Flonacher Road, then 3.3 miles east on E. Flonacher Road to a field road, then 1.6 miles south on field road to old homeplace, then 100 feet south of old homeplace.
  • Map Unit: FeB—Feliciana silt, 0 to 3 percent slopesKhB—FELICIANA-URBAN LAND COMPLEX, 0 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA033—East Baton Rouge
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA033—East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30091-F2—Zachary, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Guillory and Doug Slabaugh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Feliciana
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Klienpeter
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Geology: Peoria Age Loess Deposits formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/22/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    interfingering of albic materials

    0—31

    31—275

    109—253

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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

    2

    —

    —

    32

    —

    20

    1600

    —

    276

    19.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    LA0549

    Baton Rouge WSO AP

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2680; observed in trench
    AB—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2681; observed in trench
    Bt1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine and medium roots; 4.0 fine pores; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and 7 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2682; observed in trench
    Bt2—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine and medium pores; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fine very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese masses between peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P2683; observed in trench
    Bt3—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds and 7 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2684; observed in trench
    Bt/E1—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 10.0 fine and medium pores; 6 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 7 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 8 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; 10 percent albic tongues (volume percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2685; observed in trench
    Bt/E2—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 10.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores and 8 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores and 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; 10 percent albic tongues (volume percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2686; observed in trench
    Bt/E3—175 to 198 centimeters (68.9 to 78.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 10.0 fine and medium pores; 2 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores and 5 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; 10 percent albic tongues (volume percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2687; observed in trench
    2Bt/E4—198 to 224 centimeters (78.0 to 88.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine and medium pores; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films and 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; 15 percent albic tongues (volume percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2688; observed in trench
    2Bt/E5—224 to 251 centimeters (88.2 to 98.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 5 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; 15 percent albic tongues (volume percent); neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2689; observed in trench
    3Bt—251 to 275 centimeters (98.8 to 108.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine and medium pores; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 5 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds; 10 percent medium extremely weakly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) plinthite nodules throughout and 15 percent medium extremely weakly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; 5 percent albic tongues (volume percent); slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P2690; observed in trench