IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sterlington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: LA073 Sterlington Type (StA)
  • User Pedon ID: S07LA073001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0767
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19591
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.6315269
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0655823
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 41
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Ouachita Parish, Louisiana; West of Hwy 165, 1.2 miles south of intersection with Hwy 134; 700 feet west of railroad track, 300 feet north of field road, 45 feet northeast of power pole.
  • Map Unit: StA—Sterlington silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA073—Ouachita
  • MLRA: 131B—Arkansas River Alluvium
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA073—Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ETA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sterlington
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sterlington
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: natural levees flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; 22 percent sand; 75 percent silt; 3 percent clay; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04637; moist when described; observed in trench
    E/Bt—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; 23 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 6 percent clay; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04638; moist when described; observed in trench
    E—35 to 56 centimeters (13.8 to 22.0 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; 21 percent sand; 74 percent silt; 6 percent clay; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04639; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt/E—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; 15 percent sand; 76 percent silt; 9 percent clay; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04640; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2/E—80 to 94 centimeters (31.5 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; 21 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 11 percent clay; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04641; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt3/E—94 to 120 centimeters (37.0 to 47.2 inches); 29 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 10 percent clay; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04642; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—120 to 139 centimeters (47.2 to 54.7 inches); 27 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 10 percent clay; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04643; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2—139 to 149 centimeters (54.7 to 58.7 inches); 11 percent sand; 77 percent silt; 13 percent clay; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04644; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt3—149 to 158 centimeters (58.7 to 62.2 inches); 1 percent sand; 84 percent silt; 15 percent clay; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04645; moist when described; observed in trench
    Ab—158 to 161 centimeters (62.2 to 63.4 inches); 8 percent sand; 82 percent silt; 10 percent clay; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04646; moist when described; observed in trench
    Cb1—161 to 194 centimeters (63.4 to 76.4 inches); 8 percent sand; 85 percent silt; 8 percent clay; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04647; moist when described; observed in trench
    Cb2—194 to 216 centimeters (76.4 to 85.0 inches); 10 percent sand; 83 percent silt; 8 percent clay; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N04648; moist when described; observed in trench