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:
11/11/2024
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