IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Delcomb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969LA045007
  • User Pedon ID: S1969LA045007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969LA045007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4099
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40291
  • 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: 29.9186115
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9094467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3/10 mile N of toll gate at Avery Island; 180 yards W of canal, T.13S., R.4E. (section not numbered)
  • 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: Loamy, mixed, euic, thermic Terric Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • 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
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • 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

    SPPA

    Spartina patens

    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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; 60 percent silt; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31332. dense mat of live roots.
    Oa1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed Error; massive; slightly fluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31333. many live roots; sodium pyrophosphate color (10YR 5/2).
    Oa2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed Error; massive; slightly fluid; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31334. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers, leaving small amount of fiber in hand; sodium pyrophosphate color (10YR 5/2); about 52% mineral content.
    Oa3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed Error; massive; slightly fluid; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31335. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers, leaving small amount of fiber in hand; sodium pyrophosphate color (10YR 5/2); about 52% mineral content.
    2A11g—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) muck, silty clay loam; massive; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31336. few live roots.
    2A12g—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31337
    2C1g—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31338. few live roots.
    2C2g—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); greenish gray (5G 5/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A31339