IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MALBIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980LA011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980LA011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48283
  • 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: 30.7099991
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3086090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: in the corner, NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Beauregard Parish
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA011—Beauregard
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA011—Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. A. Touchet
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, thermic Plinthic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MALBIS
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Malbis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    51

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    45

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    19

    26

    10

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent medium and coarse iron concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02887
    E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium granular structure; 3 percent medium and coarse iron concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02888
    B/E1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical iron concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02889
    BT1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02890
    BT2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02891. continuous - phpvsfiid 202339; continuous - phpvsfiid 202339
    BT2—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 80P02892
    BT3—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02893. continuous - phpvsfiid 202340; patchy - phpvsfiid 202341; continuous - phpvsfiid 202340; patchy - phpvsfiid 202341
    B/E2—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 21 percent red (10R 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02894. continuous - phpvsfiid 199757; continuous - phpvsfiid 199758; continuous - phpvsfiid 199757; continuous - phpvsfiid 199758
    BT4—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 21 percent red (10R 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02895. continuous - phpvsfiid 199759; patchy - phpvsfiid 199760; continuous - phpvsfiid 199759; patchy - phpvsfiid 199760