IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MALBIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980LA069015
  • User Pedon ID: S1980LA069015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0508
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48279
  • 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: 31.4227772
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1236115
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: in the corner, SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA069—Natchitoches
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA069—Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. A. Touchet
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • 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 - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (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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    102

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    180

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    19

    27

    10

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine roots; medium pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02854
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02855
    B/E—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02856
    BT1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02857. patchy - phpvsfiid 199755; patchy - phpvsfiid 199755
    BT1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 80P02858. Split at 64 cm for sampling.
    BT2—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent coarse spherical plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02859. patchy - phpvsfiid 199756; patchy - phpvsfiid 199756
    BT3—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium and 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse mottles; slightly hard; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium iron concretions; 3 percent spherical silica concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02860. continuous - phpvsfiid 202326; continuous - phpvsfiid 202326
    BT4—142 to 158 centimeters (55.9 to 62.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and red (10R 4/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent coarse plinthite nodules; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02861. patchy - phpvsfiid 202331; patchy - phpvsfiid 202331
    BT4—158 to 190 centimeters (62.2 to 74.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 80P02862. Split at 158 cm for sampling.