IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lafitte
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969LA045009
  • User Pedon ID: S1969LA045009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969LA045009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40286
  • 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: 29.8508339
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9244461
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3 miles SW of Avery Island, 1/4 mile E of junction 3 Bayou and Bayou Petite, 200 yards NE of N bank of 3 Bayou; NE part of T.14S., R.5E. (no section number)
  • 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, hyperthermic Fluvaquentic Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lafitte
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/1969
  • 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: 2/13/1969 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; massive; nonsticky; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31293. mat of live roots; dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 20% mineral content; roots in 2-7 inch zone are vertically oriented.
    Oe—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; massive; nonsticky; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31294. many live roots; pyrophosphate color (10YR 6/3); dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 35% mineral content.
    Oa1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; massive; nonsticky; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31295. many live roots; pyrophosphate color (7.5YR 4/4); dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 65% mineral content.
    Oa2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed Error; massive; nonsticky; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31296. common live roots; dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 50% mineral content.
    Oa3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed Error; massive; nonsticky; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31297. pyrophosphate color (10YR 5/3); dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 55% mineral content.
    2A1—91 to 99 centimeters (35.8 to 39.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck, silty clay loam; massive; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31298. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers leaving hand empty.
    3Oa4—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; massive; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31299. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers leaving hand empty; few live roots; dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 60% mineral content; strong sulfide odor after treatment with HC1.
    3Oa5—135 to 274 centimeters (53.1 to 107.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1); massive; nonsticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31300. pyrophosphate color (10YR 6/2); dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 65% mineral content; thin (less than 2 inches) mineral horizons throughout.
    4A1—274 to 295 centimeters (107.9 to 116.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; massive; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31301. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers, leaving hand empty.
    4Cg—295 to 335 centimeters (116.1 to 131.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; slightly fluid; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31302. when squeezed in hand flows easily between fingers, leaving hand empty.