IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maurepas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969LA045008
  • User Pedon ID: S1969LA045008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969LA045008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4089
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40281
  • 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: 29.8827438
  • Std. Longitude: -91.8951340
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 46
  • PLSS Details: 2.4 miles SE of Avery Island toll gate, 5 yards SE of end of canal, NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: R4E recorded on descriptions changed to R6E.
  • 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: Warren L. Cockerham, William McKinzie, David F. Slusher, Warren Lynn, Leo Juve, Henry Clark, Almond White, and Al Wilhite
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, hyperthermic Typic Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Maurepas
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maurepas
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    CUPRE

    LANO80

    MOCE2

    MOCE2

    SABAL

    Cupressus

    Laurus nobilis

    Morella cerifera

    Morella cerifera

    Sabal

    cypress

    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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31259. many live roots; dominantly woody fiber; common partially decomposed wood fragments; about 30% mineral.
    Oe—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31260. common live roots; sodium pyrophosphate color (10YR 8/1); dominantly woody fiber; common partially decomposed wood fragments; about 20% mineral content.
    Oa2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) Error; weak fine granular structure; slightly fluid; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31261. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers leaving small amount of fiber in hand; few live roots; sodium pyrophosphate color (7.5YR 4/4); dominantly woody fiber; common firm log fragments; about 25% mineral content.
    Oa3—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; slightly fluid; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31262. when squeezed in hand flows between fingers leaving small amount of fiber in hand; sodium pyrophosphate color (7.5YR 4/4); about 70% woody fiber, the remainder herbaceous; common log fragments; about 25% mineral content.
    Oa4—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; slightly fluid; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31263. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers leaving small amount of fiber in hand; dominantly woody fiber; common log fragments; about 30% mineral content.
    Oa5—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; slightly fluid; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31264. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers leaving small amount of fiber in hand; dominantly woody fiber; common partially decomposed wood fragments; about 40% mineral content.
    Oa6—155 to 244 centimeters (61.0 to 96.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; slightly fluid; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31265. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers leaving small amount of fiber in hand; dominantly woody fiber; common partially decomposed wood fragments; about 55% mineral.
    2Ag—244 to 335 centimeters (96.1 to 131.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31266
    2Cg—335 to 366 centimeters (131.9 to 144.1 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31267