IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BEAUREGARD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957LA011002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957LA011002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957LA011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40315
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 30.5622215
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2611084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2 miles S of Longville on U.S. 171, 2 miles W on access road, 1 mile S, .15 mile E, 100 feet S of road; NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA011—Beauregard
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA011—Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S.L. Fontenot, J. Allen, L.L. Loftin, Warren Cockerham, Francis Ezernack, and Marvin Lawson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, thermic Plinthaquic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BEAUREGARD
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beauregard
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1957 (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

    ARIST

    MUMO

    Aristida

    Muhlenbergia montana

    threeawn

    mountain muhly

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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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    90

    1346

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    19

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31501
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; humus present; 0.5 roots; 3.0 pores; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31502. light peppering of fine pale brown mottles; few dark spots of humus.
    B1t—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) medium mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 tubular pores; clay films; 10 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31503. some shading to light yellowish brown.; patchy - phpvsfiid 174742; patchy - phpvsfiid 174742
    B21t—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 tubular pores; 37 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31504. medium soft friable concretions of red material; pores lined with clay.
    B22tg—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A31505. friable concretions which have red internal mass.
    B23tg—102 to 165 centimeters (40.2 to 65.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse mottles; friable; 0.5 tubular pores; 15 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31506. the red colors seem to be from friable concretions which have red interior mass; the horizon consists of interspersed portions of silty clay, clay, and silty clay loam; the brown portions of soil are coarser in texture than the gray portions.; patchy - phpvsfiid 174745; patchy - phpvsfiid 174745
    B3—165 to 229 centimeters (65.0 to 90.2 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31507. few large splotches of red (10YR 4/6); medium acid at 90 inches (layer examined from auger).