IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allemands
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971LA051008
  • User Pedon ID: S1971LA051008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971LA051008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40293
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 29.8844452
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1675034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: about 3 miles W of Westwego and about 1 mile S of Avondale subdivision, 100 feet W of field road
  • 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, Warren Cockerham, and Dayton Matthews
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, euic, thermic Terric Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allemands
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1971
  • 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: 6/15/1971 (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

    CYNOD

    Cynodon

    Bermudagrass

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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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    A1—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very hard; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31356. continuous network of cracks 4-6 inches wide around polygons that were about 30 inches in diameter.
    Oa1—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed; massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31357. about 65% mineral.
    Oa2—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1); massive; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31358. flows with difficulty between fingers and leaves small residue in hand; about 65% mineral.
    2Cg—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31359. flows easily between fingers when squeezed and leaves small residue in hand.