IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kinder
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S57LA0010004
  • User Pedon ID: S57LA0010004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S57LA0010004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3979
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39622
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 30.3330555
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5477753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, 2000 feet S of road
  • Location Description: Acadia Parish, LA., 3 mi. W of Iota.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA001—Acadia
  • MLRA: 150A—Gulf Coast Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA001—Acadia Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James S. Allen, Henry L. Clark, and Lester L. Loftin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kinder
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/19/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wrightsville
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PITA

    QUERC

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus

    loblolly pine

    oak

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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

    1

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    1422

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    20

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    Ap—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30475
    Eg1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30476
    Eg2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; massive; firm; brittle; 1 percent coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 25 percent fine and medium dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30477. many fine pin holes.
    Eg3—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silt loam; massive; friable; brittle; 1 percent fine dark concretions and 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30478
    Btg1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30479
    Btg2—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30480. few large cracks or root channels filled with gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam.
    Bt1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine dark concretions and 25 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30481. few large cracks or root channels filled with gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam.
    Bt2—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine dark concretions and 25 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30482. many fine dark root fossils; few large cracks or root channels filled with gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam.
    BC—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent medium dark concretions and 25 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30483. few large cracks or root channels filled with gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam.
    C1—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; masses of reduced iron and gray (10YR 6/1), moist,; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30484
    C2—183 to 229 centimeters (72.0 to 90.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30485. few fine lime concretions.
    C3—229 to 244 centimeters (90.2 to 96.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) clay; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30486