IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Delcomb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969LA045006
  • User Pedon ID: S1969LA045006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969LA045006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4098
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40290
  • 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: 29.9316673
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9352798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: about 3 miles SE of Delcambre, 134 yards E of canal, SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • 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 Cockerham, and William McKinzie
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, thermic Terric Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Delcomb
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Delcomb
  • Classificaton Date - 2/12/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: marsh
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/12/1969 (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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31320. dense mat of live herbaceous roots.
    Oe—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) rubbed Error; massive; firm, nonsticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31321. many live roots; dominantly herbaceous fiber; mineral content about 30%.
    Oa1—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed Error; massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31322. common live roots; about 55% mineral content; general accumulation of sulfides evidenced by strong odor of H2S when treated with dilute HC1.
    Oa2—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed Error; massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31323. common live roots; about 55% mineral content; general accumulation of sulfides evidenced by strong odor of H2S when treated with dilute HC1.
    Oa3—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed Error; massive; slightly fluid; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31324. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers leaving some fiber in hand; dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 35% mineral content.
    2A11—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); black (5Y 2/1) muck, silty clay loam; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slightly fluid; 10.0 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31325
    A12g—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31326
    2C1g—132 to 208 centimeters (52.0 to 81.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31327. 31328, 31329.
    2C2g—208 to 376 centimeters (81.9 to 148.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent olive (5Y 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31330. olive mottles increase with depth and become dominant color at 120 inches.