IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MALBIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957LA011006
  • User Pedon ID: S1957LA011006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957LA011006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4124
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40316
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 30.8030548
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2016678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: center of SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 6 miles SW of DeRidder. 2.2 miles E of US 171 on LA 26, .6 mile S of church, 200 feet E of road near crest of hill
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA011—Beauregard
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA011—Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lester Loftin, James Allen, D.L. Fontenot, A. Kerr, Warren Cockerham, and Marvin Lawson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MALBIS
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Malbis
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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

    Aristida

    Morella cerifera

    Morella cerifera

    Muhlenbergia montana

    threeawn

    wax myrtle

    wax myrtle

    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

    2

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    135

    1346

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    19

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    A1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31509
    A2—14 to 23 centimeters (5.5 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31510. few dark gray streaks.
    B21t—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam, silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 0.5 tubular and 10.0 pores; faint clay films; 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31511. patchy - phpvsfiid 174756; patchy - phpvsfiid 174756
    B22t—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; clay films; 1 percent medium and coarse weakly coherent cemented dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31512. arbitrary boundary.; patchy - phpvsfiid 174757; patchy - phpvsfiid 174757
    B23t—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; clay films; 1 percent medium and coarse weakly coherent cemented dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31513. arbitrary boundary.; patchy - phpvsfiid 174758; patchy - phpvsfiid 174758
    B24t—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) medium mottles; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 37 percent clay films; 1 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31514. somewhat firm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174759; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174759
    B25t—124 to 142 centimeters (48.8 to 55.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; brittle; clay films; 10 percent red (10R 4/6) plinthite nodules; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31515. readily crushed; no roots observed; light gray (10YR 7/1) sand grains on vertical ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 174760; continuous - phpvsfiid 174760
    B3—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); red (10R 4/6) coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31516. intermixed large segments of coarse sandy loam and light gray and yellowish brown mottled sandy clay; some pores containing red sand; re-examination showed horizon to extend to 88 inches.