IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971LA051001
  • User Pedon ID: S1971LA051001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971LA051001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4091
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40283
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 29.8713551
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1661987
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 23E
  • PLSS Details: about 2 miles SW of Westwego, about 2.5 miles SW of waterway and 1/2 mile W of Bayou Segnette, near SW end of 92
  • Location Description: 330 feet SE of Lake Cataouatchie protection levee canal.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA051—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 151—Gulf Coast Marsh
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA051—Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Warren L. Cockerham and Dayton Matthews
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, hyperthermic Fluvaquentic Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenner
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenner
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/1971 (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

    PHAU7

    TYPHA

    Phragmites australis

    Typha

    common reed

    cattail

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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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    21

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    Oe1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; weak fine granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31275. flows with difficulty between fingers when squeezed, leaves a large residue in hand; many coarse live roots; dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 45% mineral.
    2C1g—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31276. flows easily between fingers when squeezed and leaves hand empty; few fine live roots.
    Oa1—48 to 107 centimeters (18.9 to 42.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31277. flows easily between fingers when squeezed and leaves a small residue in hand; few live roots; dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 50% mineral.
    2C2g—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31278. flows easily between fingers when squeezed and leaves hand empty.
    Oa2—119 to 173 centimeters (46.9 to 68.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31279. flows easily between fingers when squeezed leaving a small residue in hand; dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 65% mineral; several 1/2 inch strata with fiber content ranging from 10-30%.
    Oa3—173 to 274 centimeters (68.1 to 107.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31280. flows easily between fingers when squeezed leaving a small residue in hand; dominantly herbaceous fiber; about 65% mineral; several 1/2 inch strata with a fiber content ranging from 10-30%.