IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MALBIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980LA115001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980LA115001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0510
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48281
  • 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: 31.1741676
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1261139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 30 meters N and 15 meters W of the SW corner, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Vernon Parish
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA115—Vernon
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA115—Vernon 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MALBIS
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • 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 - crop cover
  • 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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots; 21 percent medium and coarse spherical iron concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02871
    E—13 to 22 centimeters (5.1 to 8.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; friable; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02872
    BW—22 to 38 centimeters (8.7 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02873
    BT1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02874. patchy - phpvsfiid 199788; patchy - phpvsfiid 199788
    BT2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent skeletans in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent medium spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02875. continuous - phpvsfiid 199789; patchy - phpvsfiid 199790; continuous - phpvsfiid 199789; patchy - phpvsfiid 199790
    BT3—89 to 110 centimeters (35.0 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium spherical plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02876. continuous - phpvsfiid 199791; continuous - phpvsfiid 199791
    2BT4—110 to 153 centimeters (43.3 to 60.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent medium spherical plinthite nodules; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02877. continuous - phpvsfiid 202342; patchy - phpvsfiid 202343; continuous - phpvsfiid 202342; patchy - phpvsfiid 202343
    2BT5—153 to 183 centimeters (60.2 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent coarse spherical plinthite nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 80P02878. continuous - phpvsfiid 202344; continuous - phpvsfiid 202344