IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kleinpeter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002LA101001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002LA101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0337
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14694
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 29.7408333
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7076416
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 22
  • Location Description: 26 miles west of Morgan City on U.S. Hwy. 90, then 11.3 miles southwest of U.S. Hwy. 90 on La. Hwy 83, then 1.6 miles south of La. Hwy. 83 on Cote Blanche Xing to ferry, then 2.67 miles south on Cote Blanche Road, then 811 yards southeast on a trail, then 50 yards due east of road
  • Map Unit: KpC—Kleinpeter silt, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA101—St. Mary
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA101—St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29091-F6—Marone Point, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Doug Slabaugh
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kleinpeter
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kleinpeter
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geology: Pliestocene Age Loess formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/30/2002 (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
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    Ap—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 15.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01661
    E—11 to 29 centimeters (4.3 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 15.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 3 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine worm casts lining pores; fragments; 3 percent of intrusions of material from the A horizon; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01662
    Bt/E1—29 to 64 centimeters (11.4 to 25.2 inches); variegated 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior silty clay loam, silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and medium high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent dendritic light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions lining pores and 3 percent fine and medium prominent irregular very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; fragments; 10 percent of brittle peds; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01663
    Bt/E2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); variegated 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior silty clay loam, silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and medium high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent dendritic light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions lining pores and 3 percent fine and medium prominent irregular very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01664
    Bt/E3—81 to 101 centimeters (31.9 to 39.8 inches); variegated 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior silty clay loam, silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and medium high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent dendritic light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions lining pores and 3 percent fine and medium prominent irregular dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01665
    Bt/E4—101 to 126 centimeters (39.8 to 49.6 inches); variegated 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior silty clay loam, silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and medium high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 5 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent fine and medium prominent irregular dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01666
    Bt/E5—126 to 154 centimeters (49.6 to 60.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and medium high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 5 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 8 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent dendritic very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses lining pores and 10 percent fine distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01667
    Bt/E6—154 to 189 centimeters (60.6 to 74.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and medium high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 8 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 8 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent dendritic very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses lining pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01668
    Bt/E7—189 to 228 centimeters (74.4 to 89.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 8 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent dendritic very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses lining pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 02N01669