IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961LA033002
  • User Pedon ID: S1961LA033002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961LA033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1335
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34943
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 30.6847229
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2286148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 1W
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 1.5 miles W of Plains and 500 feet N of the Port Hudson-Plains Hwy; southern part of the northern segment of land grant 61
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA033—East Baton Rouge
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA033—East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.S. Allen, D.C. McMurtry, J.E. Seaholm, H.L. Clark, William Upchurch, and S.A. Lytle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loring
  • PSC - 33 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loring
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AXONO

    CYNOD

    Axonopus

    Cynodon

    carpetgrass

    Bermudagrass

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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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    36

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    1524

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    19.4

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 25 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine mottles; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 2 percent black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10164
    B1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10.0 fine roots; 0.5 coarse pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10165
    B2t—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silt coats on faces of peds and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10166. patchy - phpvsfiid 174819; patchy - phpvsfiid 174819
    Bx1—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; 10.0 fine pores; brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, silt coats and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds and 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A10167. patchy - phpvsfiid 174822; patchy - phpvsfiid 174822
    Bx2—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10.0 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; brown (10YR 5/3) coats and pale brown (10YR 6/3) coats; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10168. coats and fillings between prisms; arbitrary boundary.
    Bx3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10.0 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A10169. silt coatings on prisms and filling between prisms.
    Bx4—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate and strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10.0 fine pores; pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats and gray (10YR 6/1) silt coats and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, silt coats and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats; 3 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3) iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10170. silt fillings between prisms.