IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MALBIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980LA115002
  • User Pedon ID: S1980LA115002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0511
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48282
  • 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: 31.0069447
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0422211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 15 meters W of the center
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MALBIS
  • PSC - 15 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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    82

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    180

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    19

    26

    10

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02879
    BT1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02880. continuous - phpvsfiid 202345; continuous - phpvsfiid 202345
    BT2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium and coarse plinthite nodules; 3 percent medium and coarse barite crystals; fragments. Lab sample # 80P02881. Horizon from 46-89 cm; split at 64 cm for sampling.; continuous - phpvsfiid 202346; continuous - phpvsfiid 202346
    BT2—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 80P02882. Horizon from 46-89 cm; split at 64 cm for sampling.
    BT3—89 to 120 centimeters (35.0 to 47.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine spherical iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02883. continuous - phpvsfiid 202347; continuous - phpvsfiid 202347
    BT4—120 to 142 centimeters (47.2 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02884. continuous - phpvsfiid 202348; continuous - phpvsfiid 202348
    SILTYLAY—140 to 142 centimeters (55.1 to 55.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 80P02886. Silt layer sample.
    2BT5—142 to 188 centimeters (55.9 to 74.0 inches); red (10R 4/8) sandy clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 80P02885