IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971LA051012
  • User Pedon ID: S1971LA051012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971LA051012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40298
  • 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: 29.8205547
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1116638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 23E
  • PLSS Details: about 7 miles S of Marrero, about 200 yards W of LA Hwy 30, edge of pipe line right-of-way in Grant 62
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA051—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA051—Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Coover, Warren Lynn, Warren Cockerham, and Dayton Matthews
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Haplaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Wildlife habitat and woodland.
  • 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

    FRAXI

    QUERC

    Fraxinus

    Quercus

    ash

    oak

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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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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31383. decomposed litter consists of leaves, twigs, and mosses.
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very firm; 10.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31384
    B21g—11 to 41 centimeters (4.3 to 16.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31385
    B22g—41 to 59 centimeters (16.1 to 23.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31386
    B3g—59 to 117 centimeters (23.2 to 46.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31387
    C1g—117 to 130 centimeters (46.1 to 51.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31388
    C2g—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31389. will not flow between fingers when squeezed in hand.