IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Armistead
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957LA015008
  • User Pedon ID: S1957LA015008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957LA015008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40295
  • 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: 32.9716682
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7783356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 6 miles NW of Plain Dealing, SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 150 feet E of levee and 50 feet N of fence.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA015—Bossier
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA015—Bossier Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Allen, Bruce Chaffin, and Lester L. Loftin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Armistead
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/1957 (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

    SOHA

    Sorghum halepense

    Johnsongrass

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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

    1

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    1194

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    18

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay; 10 percent dark gray (5YR 4/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31366
    A12—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay; 10 percent dark gray (N 4/0) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10.0 roots; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1) coats; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31367
    Agb—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 25 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31368
    Bb1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay; 25 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31369
    Bb2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; 25 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) fine prominent and 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31370
    Bb3—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31371
    Bb4—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31372