IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maurepas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969LA045003
  • User Pedon ID: S1969LA045003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969LA045003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4088
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40280
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 29.8672218
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7874985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 47
  • PLSS Details: 3.75 miles S of Lydia; 200 feet S of canal; 1 mile N of junction of Stump Bayou and canal, NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA045—Iberia
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA045—Iberia Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David F. Slusher, Warren Lynn, Leo Juve, Henry Clark, Almond White, Al Wilhite, Warren L. Cockerham, and William McKinzie
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, hyperthermic Typic Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Maurepas
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maurepas
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: swale
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/11/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Wildlife habitat
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LANO80

    MOCE2

    MOCE2

    SABAL

    Laurus nobilis

    Morella cerifera

    Morella cerifera

    Sabal

    sweet bay

    wax myrtle

    wax myrtle

    palmetto

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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

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    1524

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    20

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    Oa1—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) oxidized Error; weak fine granular structure; nonsticky; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31252. about 50% fiber; many live roots; sodium pyrophosphate color (10YR 7/3); dominantly woody fiber; fine partially decomposed wood fragments; about 30% mineral content.
    Oa2—30 to 69 centimeters (11.8 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; nonsticky; slightly fluid; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31253. about 8% fiber; sodium pyrophosphate color (10YR 7/3); dominantly woody fiber; common partially decomposed logs, stumps, and wood fragments; about 35% mineral content; few charcoal fragments.
    Oa3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed Error; weak coarse granular structure; nonsticky; slightly fluid; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31254. about 15% fiber; sodium pyrophosphate color (10YR 7/3); dominantly woody fiber; many logs and wood fragments in varying degrees of decomposition; about 40% mineral content.
    Oa4—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed Error; weak coarse granular structure; nonsticky; slightly fluid; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31255. about 30% fiber at 40 inches; sodium pyrophosphate color (10YR 7/3); dominantly woody fiber; many logs and wood fragments in varying degrees of decomposition; about 40% mineral content.
    Oa5—127 to 259 centimeters (50.0 to 102.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed Error; weak coarse granular structure; nonsticky; slightly fluid; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31256. about 15% fiber; sodium pyrophosphate color (10YR 7/3); dominantly woody fiber; many logs and wood fragments in varying degrees of decomposition; about 40% mineral content.
    2Cg1—259 to 274 centimeters (102.0 to 107.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay; massive; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31257. few partially decomposed wood fragments.