IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olivier
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961LA033006
  • User Pedon ID: S1961LA033006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961LA033006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1353
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34961
  • 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: 30.3786106
  • Std. Longitude: -91.0913925
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 57
  • PLSS Details: approximately 250 feet N of Perkins Rd. and 3/10 mile W of land to Kleinpeter house; NW part of southern 1/4 of rectangular
  • Location Description: About 2 miles E of Baton Rouge, 1.3 miles W of intersection of Perkin-Slegen Road.
  • 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 Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Olivier
  • PSC - 33 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Olivier
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AXONO

    CYNOD

    PADI3

    PAUR2

    PAUR2

    Axonopus

    Cynodon

    Paspalum dilatatum

    Paspalum urvillei

    Paspalum urvillei

    carpetgrass

    Bermudagrass

    dallisgrass

    Vasey's grass

    Vasey's grass

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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

    3

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    11

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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 gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation and 10 percent medium brown (10YR 5/3) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10332. mottles appear to be weak concretions.
    A3—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak and moderate coarse granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented dark red (2.5YR 3/6) iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10333
    B2t—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct and 25 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium faint and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 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; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10334. few vertical veins and krotovinas of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt.
    Bx1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; gray (10YR 5/1) silt coats on faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 37 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats on faces of peds and 37 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds; 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10335. common vertical veins; filling between peds and a few large krotovinas of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt, light gray (10YR 7/1) dry; arbitrary boundary.
    Bx2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; gray (10YR 5/1) silt coats on faces of peds and 37 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats on faces of peds and 37 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10336. common filling between peds and a few large krotovinas of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt, light gray (10YR 7/1) dry.
    B3—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 fine pores; 37 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats on faces of peds and 37 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10337. few vertical veins of gray (10YR 6/1) silt, light gray (10YR 7/1) dry.