IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NATCHITOCHES
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972LA069001
  • User Pedon ID: S1972LA069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34951
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.0594444
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0205536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: approximately 1/2 mile W of Chestnut, on parish road 479; 225 yards due S in woods;
  • Location Description: R.17W printed in SSIR changed to R6W
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA069—Natchitoches
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA069—Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Butler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - NATCHITOCHES
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Natchitoches
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Woodland
  • 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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10223
    B21t—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10224. black sand grains on faces of peds.; continuous - phpvsfiid 175423; continuous - phpvsfiid 175423
    B22t—28 to 97 centimeters (11.0 to 38.2 inches); red (10R 4/6) clay; 25 percent olive (5Y 5/3) medium mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; clay films and 37 percent pressure faces and 55 percent nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10225. many black sand grains on faces of peds.; patchy - phpvsfiid 175424; patchy - phpvsfiid 175424
    C1—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; 10 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 37 percent nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10226. many greenish sand size grains throughout peds.
    C2—117 to 160 centimeters (46.1 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sandy clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 37 percent carbonate coats; 10 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10227. many black sand grains throughout peds.