IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LAFITTE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971LA071001
  • User Pedon ID: S1971LA071001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40277
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 30.1019440
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8955536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3.4 miles NE of Littlewoods, 1/10 mile E of bridge, 150 yards S of I-10, T.11S., R.13E.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA071—Orleans
  • MLRA: 151—Gulf Coast Marsh
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA071—Orleans Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dayton Matthews, Kent Milton, and Warren Lynn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, thermic Typic Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LAFITTE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lafitte
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1971
  • 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: 6/14/1971 (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
    • 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
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    Oa1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31239. same color pressed and rubbed; about 5% fiber; flows slowly through fingers when squeezed leaving small residue in hand; many fine live roots; about 50% mineral content; very dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fragments of woody fiber.
    Oa2—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; weak medium granular structure; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31240. same color pressed and rubbed; about 6% fiber; flows with slight difficulty through fingers when squeezed leaving a small residue in hand; dominant herbaceous fiber; about 60% mineral.
    Oa3—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; weak fine granular structure; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31241. same color pressed and rubbed; about 3% fiber; flows freely through fingers when squeezed leaving a small residue in hand; about 50% mineral.
    Oa4—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; weak fine granular structure; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31242. same color pressed and rubbed; about 5% fiber; flows with difficulty through fingers when squeezed leaving residue in hand; about 55% mineral.
    Oa5—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31243. same color pressed and rubbed; flows with difficulty through fingers when squeezed leaving large residue in hand; about 60% mineral.
    Oa6—132 to 191 centimeters (52.0 to 75.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed Error; weak coarse granular structure; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31244. same color pressed; about 20% fiber; flows freely between fingers when squeezed leaving large residue in hand; about 55% mineral.
    2C—191 to 208 centimeters (75.2 to 81.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) clay; massive; moderately sticky; slightly fluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31245. flows through fingers with slight difficulty when squeezed leaving hand empty.