IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Commerce
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963LA107002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963LA107002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1337
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34945
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 32.0347214
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2147217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: approximately 2.75 miles SE of Newellton; 750 feet SE of center of Louisiana Hwy 605, 1860 feet S-SW of intersection of Louisiana Hwy 605 and 608, and 1650 feet SW of Louisiana Hwy 608; Spanish Land Grant
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA107—Tensas
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA107—Tensas Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James DeMent, J.L. Walker, Don A. Brown, Ronald Phillips, Billie Nutt, David F. Slusher, and Tracey Weems
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Commerce
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Commerce
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    1321

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    19

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam, very fine sand; weak very fine granular, and massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10177
    B2g—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10178
    B31g—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10179
    B32g—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10180. coarser than horizon above.
    C1g—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10181
    A1b—89 to 91 centimeters (35.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10182
    C2g—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10183. some areas have horizontal strata 1-2 mm thick or dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); some horizontal cleavage.
    C3g—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10184. has 1/2 to 1 mm apart of dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) throughout; some horizontal cleavage; noncalcareous.
    C4—152 to 300 centimeters (59.8 to 118.1 inches); very fine sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10185. not sampled.
    C5—300 to 850 centimeters (118.1 to 334.6 inches); dark gray (N 4/), stratified silty clay loam to silty clay to clay; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10186. not sampled.
    2C—600 to 850 centimeters (236.2 to 334.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A10187. buried wood; not sampled.