IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shatta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010LA0810003
  • User Pedon ID: S2010LA081003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43417
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 31.9963333
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2762778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 NE1/4
  • Location Description: 3.25 miles southeast of Coushatta; 1,000 feet north and 450 feet east of the intersection of US Hwy 71 and Mt. Olive Parish Road in pasture
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA081—Red River
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA081—Red River Parish, Louisiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32093-A3—Coushatta, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henry & Bolin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shatta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • PSC - 40 to 90 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Geology: Pleiostocene Fluvial Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 28
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—20

    20—26

    40—200

    76—200

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    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

    0.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00088; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    E—20 to 26 centimeters (7.9 to 10.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00089; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00090; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—40 to 76 centimeters (15.7 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 25 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 10-?-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00091; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et1—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films and 18 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, skeletans; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, plinthite nodules and 2 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00092; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et2—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 20 percent distinct clay films and 25 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 3 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 4 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, plinthite nodules and 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00093; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/Et3—140 to 200 centimeters (55.1 to 78.7 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 20 percent distinct clay films and 30 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 2 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, plinthite nodules and 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 11N00094; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small