IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Groom
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945LA111002
  • User Pedon ID: S1945LA111002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1945LA111002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40307
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 32.7438889
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4252777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.6 miles SW of Farmerville, T.20N., R.1W., on State Hwy 33, on low terrace (20-25 ft. above flood plain) of Bayou D'Arbonne
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA111—Union
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA111—Union Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.T. Alexander, I.L. Martin, A.E. Shearin, and E.H. Templin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Ochraquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Groom
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1945
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1945 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Recently cut-over mixed pine & hardwoods
  • 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

    NYSY

    PIEC2

    PITA

    QUBI

    QUNI

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Pinus echinata

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus bicolor

    Quercus nigra

    blackgum

    shortleaf pine

    loblolly pine

    swamp white oak

    water oak

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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

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    1270

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    18

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; fine and medium granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31441. very fine brownish spots and streaks noticeable; well matted with roots.
    A12—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A31442. mottlings are of low contrast; roots less numerous than above.
    A2g—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31443. mottles are of low contrast; displaced pieces break into irregular coarse fragments which break under slight pressure into poorly developed structure; pinholes fairly numerous.
    B1tg—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 5/8), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31444. mottles are of medium contrast; pinholes fairly numerous.
    B21t—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 5/8), gray (5YR 6/1) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 5/8), dry; clay loam, clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31445. mottles are of medium contrast; pinholes are numerous; few root casts are present.
    B22tg—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/8), gray (5YR 6/1) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 5/8), dry; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very plastic; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A31446. light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) makes up about half of the mass; mottles are of strong contrast; pinholes are present.
    B31g—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), gray (5YR 6/1) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 5/8), dry; clay loam, silty clay, sandy loam; very plastic; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A31447. mottlings are coarse and of strong contrast; essentially structureless; dead root casts coated with light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fairly numerous; few pinholes.
    B32g—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/8), light gray (5Y 7/2) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 4/8), dry; sandy clay loam, silty clay, sandy loam; friable, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31448. mottlings are coarse and of strong contrast.