IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olivier
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961LA033004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961LA033004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1354
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34962
  • 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: 30.6477776
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2766647
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 39
  • PLSS Details: Mt. Pleasant approximately 600 feet E of Fontania Church in
  • Location Description: 9/10 mile S of Port Hudson National Cemetery
  • 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, Leon Nugent, and S.A. Lytle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Olivier
  • PSC - 30 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Olivier
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/1961 (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
    • 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

    0

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    30

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    1524

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    19.4

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 10.0 fine roots; 2 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3) masses of dark accumulation and 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10338
    B1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), black (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine and medium faint mottles; weak fine granular, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10339
    B21t—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3) coarse faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 fine pores; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt coats on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3) masses of dark accumulation and 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10340
    Bx1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine faint and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 10.0 fine pores; 37 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds and 37 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats on faces of peds and 37 percent brown (10YR 5/3) coats on faces of peds and 37 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds and 37 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) masses of dark accumulation and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10341. common vertical veins and a few krotovinas of brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silts, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) dry; arbitrary boundary.
    Bx2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine faint and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 10.0 fine pores; 37 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds and 37 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats on faces of peds and 37 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds and 37 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10342. common vertical veins and a few krotovinas of pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) dry.
    Bx3—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium and coarse mottles; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; oxide coats and 37 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds and 37 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10343. vertical veins and a few krotovinas of pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt, light gray (10YR 7/2) dry; arbitrary boundary.
    Bx4—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium and coarse mottles; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; oxide coats and 37 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds and 37 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10344. common vertical veins and a few large krotovinas of pale brown silt, light gray (10YR 7/2) dry; this layer may be several feet thick or may be replaced by a C horizon.