IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DEXTER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963LA083005
  • User Pedon ID: S1963LA083005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1344
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34952
  • Print Date: 1/25/2025

    • 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: 32.3161125
  • Std. Longitude: -91.8697205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 240 feet E and 1100 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 3 miles S of Alto
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA083—Richland
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA083—Richland Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James DeMent, J.L. Walker, Lester Loftin, Billie Nutt, David F. Slusher, and Tracey Weems
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DEXTER
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dexter
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1963 (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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular, and weak coarse platy structure; friable; 10.0 roots; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10228
    B1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10229
    B21t—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard; clay films and 15 percent black stains on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10230. continuous - phpvsfiid 191620; patchy - phpvsfiid 191621; continuous - phpvsfiid 191620; patchy - phpvsfiid 191621
    B22t—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent black stains on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10231. patchy - phpvsfiid 175083; patchy - phpvsfiid 191622; patchy - phpvsfiid 175083; patchy - phpvsfiid 191622
    2B23t—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) exterior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; 37 percent clay films and 37 percent black stains on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A10232. patchy - phpvsfiid 175084; patchy - phpvsfiid 175085; patchy - phpvsfiid 175084; patchy - phpvsfiid 175085
    2B31t—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; 37 percent clay films and 37 percent black stains on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10233. patchy - phpvsfiid 175086; patchy - phpvsfiid 175087; patchy - phpvsfiid 175086; patchy - phpvsfiid 175087
    2B32t—112 to 150 centimeters (44.1 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; 3 percent clay films; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10234. few pale brown (10YR 6/3) streaks inside prisms and pale brown (10YR 6/3, 8/2 dry) sand coatings 1 mm thick on many prisms.; patchy - phpvsfiid 175088; patchy - phpvsfiid 175088
    3C1—150 to 170 centimeters (59.1 to 66.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10235
    4C2—170 to 196 centimeters (66.9 to 77.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; massive; hard, weakly cemented; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10236
    4C3—196 to 221 centimeters (77.2 to 87.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A10237