IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971LA051005
  • User Pedon ID: S1971LA051005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971LA051005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4095
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40287
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 29.8661118
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1616669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 23E
  • PLSS Details: about 3 miles S of Westwego, 2 miles S of pumping station on Bayou Segnette across from oil well in Grant 73
  • 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 Lynn, David F. Slusher, and Dayton Matthews
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, hyperthermic Fluvaquentic Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenner
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1971
  • 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: 6/11/1971 (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

    ALPH

    POLA4

    SALAM2

    Alternanthera philoxeroides

    Polygonum lapathifolium

    Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media

    alligatorweed

    curlytop knotweed

    bulltongue arrowhead

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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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    Oe—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; massive; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31304. flows with difficulty between fingers and leaves large residue in hand; many partly decomposed sticks and wood fragments up to 1/4 inch in diameter; about 50% mineral content.
    2C1g—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) clay; massive; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31305. flow easily between fingers when squeezed and leaves large residue in hand.
    Oa1—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) oxidized Error; massive; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31306. flows with difficulty between fingers when squeezed and leaves large residue in hand; partially decomposed wood fragments up to 2 inches in diameter; about 50% mineral.
    3Cg—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); gray (N 5/0) clay; massive; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31307. flows easily between fingers and leaves small residue in hand.
    Oa2—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; massive; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31308. flows easily between fingers when squeezed and leaves small residue in hand; thin clayey mineral layer at 36-37 inches; about 60% mineral.
    Oa3—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31309. flows easily between fingers when squeezed and leaves small residue in hand.