IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darbonne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945LA061003
  • User Pedon ID: S1945LA061003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1945LA061003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40313
  • 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: 32.4588890
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6533356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 14
  • Location Description: 3.3 miles S of Ruston. forested area immediately W of US Hwy 167. R.3E recorded on description changed to R3W.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA061—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA061—Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.T. Alexander, I.L. Martin, A.E. Shearin, R.W. Simonson, M.B. Sturgis, and E.H. Templin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darbonne
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1945
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1945 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    CARYA

    PIEC2

    PITA

    QUFA

    QUST

    RHUS

    Carya

    Pinus echinata

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus falcata

    Quercus stellata

    Rhus

    hybrid hickory

    shortleaf pine

    loblolly pine

    southern red oak

    post oak

    sumac

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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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    225

    1270

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    18

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31485. pinholes and wormholes common.
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) oxidized and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) oxidized, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31486. pinholes, wormholes, and small worm pellets of darker material are numerous; small flecks of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) that are few in upper part and common in lower part of horizon.
    B1t—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8), dry; sandy loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A31487. pinholes and wormholes common.
    B21t—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) oxidized, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A31488. few pinholes and concretions are 3-4 mm in diameter.
    B22t—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and massive; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A31489. few pinholes; few darker faces on blocks in the upper horizon; moist yellowish red soil is slightly lighter crushed.
    B3—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) oxidized, dry; sandy loam; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31490. essentially structureless and contains few small gravel 10 mm in diameter; moist strong brown soil becomes slightly lighter when crushed; distinct boundary.
    B&Bir—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) oxidized, dry; sandy clay loam; platy structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31491. ironpan horizon which consists of soil material between ironstone pieces; plates are mainly dark red (2.5YR 3/6) with some thin layers of yellowish red (5YR 5/8); they range from 3-10 mm in thickness, lie horizontal for the most part, and are discontinuous but make up a large part of the volume of horizon; plates are numerous enough to form a distinct hardpan; distinct boundary.
    C—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) oxidized, dry; stratified silty clay to silt to fine sand; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; hard, firm, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31492