IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MALBIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957LA011005
  • User Pedon ID: S1957LA011005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957LA011005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40317
  • 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: 30.7716675
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0563889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 14 miles SE of DeRidder, 8.2 miles E on Hwy LA 26 from junction with LA-U.S. Hwy 171; 5.2 miles southerly; 100 feet E of road, 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: D.L. Fontenot, James Allen, Lester Loftin, A. Kerr, Warren Cockerham, and Marvin Lawson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, thermic Plinthic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MALBIS
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1957 (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

    MOCE2

    MOCE2

    MUMO

    QUST

    Aristida

    Morella cerifera

    Morella cerifera

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Quercus stellata

    threeawn

    wax myrtle

    wax myrtle

    mountain muhly

    post 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

    4

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    45

    1346

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    19

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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; 10.0 tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31518
    A2—9 to 28 centimeters (3.5 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable by humus; 10.0 roots; 10.0 tubular pores; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31519
    B21t—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam, sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented dark concretions; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31520. continuous - phpvsfiid 174752; continuous - phpvsfiid 174752
    B22t—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam, sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; clay films; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented dark concretions; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31521. few medium spots of red (10R 4/6) which seem to be soft concretions.; continuous - phpvsfiid 174753; continuous - phpvsfiid 174753
    B23t—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 1 percent fine mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 tubular pores; prominent clay films; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented dark concretions; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31522. few coarse friable red concretions; few shrinkage cracks.
    B24t—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 tubular pores; 37 percent clay films; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented dark concretions; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31523. compact in place; some coarse gray vertical streaks appear to mark shrinkage cracks; no root observed.
    B3—152 to 254 centimeters (59.8 to 100.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31524. from a few inches below 60 inches the material was massive intermixed white clay and reddish brown sandy clay to a depth of 80 inches. 82-100 inch zone was red (10R 4/6) sandy clay loam; strongly acid at 100 inches; horizon examined by auger.