IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lafitte
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969LA045004
  • User Pedon ID: S1969LA045004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969LA045004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4084
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40276
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 29.8472214
  • Std. Longitude: -91.8986130
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 1.5 miles S-SE of Avery Island, 1000 ft. N of Intracoastal Waterway, 2.5 miles E of Petite Anase, 100 yards SE of Bayou, T.14S., R.4E.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA045—Iberia
  • MLRA: 151—Gulf Coast Marsh
  • 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, thermic Typic Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lafitte
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lafitte
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: marsh
  • 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

    JURO

    SPPA

    Juncus roemerianus

    Spartina patens

    needlegrass rush

    saltmeadow cordgrass

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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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    Oi—0 to 41 centimeters (0.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; nonsticky; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31231. about 90% fiber; mat of live roots; herbaceous fiber; about 35% mineral content.
    Oe1—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed Error; massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31232. about 50% fiber; many live roots; pyrophosphate color (10YR 3/3); dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 30% mineral content; strong odor of sulfide after treatment with dilute HCl.
    Oe2—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed Error; massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31233. about 50% fiber; many live roots; pyrophosphate color (10YR 3/3); dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 30% mineral content; strong odor or sulfide after treatment with dilute HCl.
    Oe3—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed Error; massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31234. about 50% fiber; many live roots; pyrophosphate color (10YR 3/3); dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 30% mineral content; strong odor of sulfide after treatment with dilute HCl.
    Oa1—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31235. about 25% fiber; pyrophosphate color (10YR 5/2); dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 55% mineral content; strong odor of sulfide after treatment with dilute HCl.
    Oa2—160 to 229 centimeters (63.0 to 90.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31236. about 30% fiber; dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 50% mineral content.
    Oa3—229 to 335 centimeters (90.2 to 131.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) Error; massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31237. about 20% fiber; dominantly woody fiber; common wood fragments.
    2Cg—335 to 350 centimeters (131.9 to 137.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31238. compact.