IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MALBIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980LA069016
  • User Pedon ID: S1980LA069016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0509
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48280
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 31.3958340
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1149979
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 20
  • 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 #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MALBIS
  • PSC - 35 to 85 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 - 9/23/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1980 (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

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    88

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    19

    27

    10

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    AA'2—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02863
    E—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; massive parts to weak fine granular; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02864
    B/E1—35 to 48 centimeters (13.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02865. patchy - phpvsfiid 202332; patchy - phpvsfiid 202332
    BT1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02866. patchy - phpvsfiid 202333; patchy - phpvsfiid 202333
    BT2—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02867. patchy - phpvsfiid 202334; patchy - phpvsfiid 202335; patchy - phpvsfiid 202334; patchy - phpvsfiid 202335
    B/E2A'2—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02868. patchy - phpvsfiid 202336; patchy - phpvsfiid 202336
    B/E3A'2—119 to 172 centimeters (46.9 to 67.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots in cracks; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02869
    BT3—172 to 200 centimeters (67.7 to 78.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) coarse prominent and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; firm; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 80P02870. continuous - phpvsfiid 202337; continuous - phpvsfiid 202337