IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fausse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988LA121001
  • User Pedon ID: 88LA121001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988LA121001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0190
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61294
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 30.4583340
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4194412
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 10E
  • PLSS Details: 4.5 miles NE of Grosse Tete, 5400 feet south of Bayou Tommg, 300 feet south of La. Hwy. 76 in Grant 98
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA121—West Baton Rouge
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wayne H. Hudnell, Don McDaniel, Dennis Daugereaux
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, nonacid, thermic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fausse
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fausse
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, nonacid, thermic Typi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • 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

    CUPRE

    NYSSA

    Cupressus

    Nyssa

    cypress

    tupelo

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    18—191

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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

    2

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    135

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    20

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    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01164. few coarse roots; many fine and medium roots
    A—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01165. few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium faint 2.5Y54 mottles
    Bg1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01166. few medium and coarse roots; common fine roots; few medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5Y54 mottles
    Bg2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) clay; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01167. few fine roots; few medium and coarse roots; common medium distinct 2.5Y56 mottles
    Bg3—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 11 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct and 11 percent gray (N 5/0) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01168. few fine roots; few medium and coarse roots; common medium distinct 2.5Y44 mottles; common medium distinct N50 mottles
    Bg4—99 to 150 centimeters (39.0 to 59.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct and 11 percent olive (5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01169. few fine roots; few medium and coarse roots; few medium distinct 2.5Y44 mottles; common medium distinct 5Y56 mottles
    Bcg—150 to 196 centimeters (59.1 to 77.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 11 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct and 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 89P01170. few fine roots; few medium and coarse roots; common medium distinct 2.5Y44 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles