IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ruple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982LA119001
  • User Pedon ID: 82LA119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0150
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52392
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 32.8050003
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2683334
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4 SE1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 4 mi S of Leton, La, 450 feet E of La Hwy 159
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA119—Webster

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Lynn, W. Hudnall, W. Kilpatrick, J. Driessen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, parasesquic, thermic Typic Rhodudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruple
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1982 (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
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00663. 20 percent by volume small, rounded, angular and flattened fragments of ironstone (2.0-75.0 mm); about 5 percent by volume fragments larger than 20 mm.; many fine roots; common medium roots
    1Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00664. About 20 percent by volume flattened and angular fragments of ironstone from 2 to 75 mm in diameter; about 5 percent by volume flattened fragments larger than 20 mm in diameter.; many fine roots; common medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 215711; patchy - phpvsfiid 215711
    1Bt2—36 to 57 centimeters (14.2 to 22.4 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00665. About 25 percent by volume flattened and angular fragments of ironstone from 2 to 75 mm in diameter; about 15 percent by volume fragments larger than 20 mm.; common fine roots; few medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 215712; patchy - phpvsfiid 215712
    1Bt3—57 to 69 centimeters (22.4 to 27.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; prominent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00666. About 5 percent by volume flattened and angular fragments of ironstone from 5 to 75 mm in diameter; about 2 percent by volume flattened fragments larger than 20 mm in diameter.; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 215713; patchy - phpvsfiid 215713
    1Bsm/Bt1—69 to 106 centimeters (27.2 to 41.7 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; prominent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00667. Alternating layers of fractured ironstone about 0.5 to 10 cm thick(Bsm) and partially weathered material of clay loam and loam texture; petroferric (ironstone) layers fractureinto flattened fragments that range in length from 2.5-20 cm.; few fine and medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 215714; patchy - phpvsfiid 215714
    1Bsm/Bt2—106 to 148 centimeters (41.7 to 58.3 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; prominent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P00669. Alternating layers of fractured rionstone about 1-20 cm thick(Bsm) and partially weathered glauconitic material of clay loam and loam texture; petroferric (ironstone) layers fracture into flattened fragments that range inlength from 2.5-20 c; patchy - phpvsfiid 215715; patchy - phpvsfiid 215715