IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cahaba
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956LA105002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956LA105002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3991
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39633
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 30.6219444
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4844437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3/4 mile SE of Independence, LA, 400 ft. E of parish road on farm access road by pine woods, T.5S., R.7E.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA105—Tangipahoa
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA105—Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marvin Lawson, Lester Loftin, and A.G. White
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cahaba
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Hardwood Forest
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—91

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    —63—
    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

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    1575

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    20

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30574
    A2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30575
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30576
    Bt2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30577
    Bt3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30578
    Bt4—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30579
    2C—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30580
    2C—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30581