IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: LA015-Morse-TP-MxA
  • User Pedon ID: 99LA015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: LA015-Morse-TP-MxA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0358
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13128
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 32.7564430
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4852219
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20 N.
  • Range: 11 W.
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4, NE1/4
  • Location Description: About 14.3 miles east of the intersection of La. Highways 3 and 162 in Benton, La on La. Highway 162 to the intersection of Bodcau Dam Road; 3.8 miles north on Bodcau dam Road to the intersection of Duck Dam Road; 2.8 miles east on Duck Dam Road to the intersection of a gravel road; 1.7 miles north on gravel road; 400 feet west/southwest of center of gravel road.
  • Map Unit: MxA—Morse clay, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • 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-G4—Cotton Valley, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morse
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Chromic Hapluder
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Late Pleistocene Age Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11C
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FA

    2GA

    CRATA

    CRATA

    UNKNOWN

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    Crataegus

    Crataegus

    unknown scientific name

    Forb, annual

    Grass, annual

    hawthorn

    hawthorn

    unknown national vernacular name

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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

    95

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    61.5

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    90

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese nodules; 4 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02158; observed in push tube
    Bkss1—15 to 35 centimeters (5.9 to 13.8 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese nodules; 4 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02159; observed in push tube
    Bkss2—35 to 75 centimeters (13.8 to 29.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 5 percent pressure faces and 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese nodules; 2 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02160; observed in push tube
    Bkss3—75 to 120 centimeters (29.5 to 47.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine pores; 5 percent pressure faces and 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02161; observed in push tube
    Bkss4—120 to 209 centimeters (47.2 to 82.3 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine pores; 5 percent pressure faces and 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 8 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2) iron depletions lining pores and 20 percent fine very dark gray (10YR 3/1) manganese coatings in cracks; pink (5YR 7/3) carbonate masses in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 2 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 01P02162; observed in push tube