IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frost
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993LA001014
  • User Pedon ID: 93LA001014
  • User Site Association ID: LA001_MU_Point_Data_EntryMLRA 150A - Leton Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0174
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66362
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 30.4702778
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2461090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 4 miles northwest of Church Point, 100 feet west of LA Highway 751
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA001—Acadia
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA001—Acadia Parish, Louisiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30092-D2—Church Point, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald McDaniel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frost
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very long periods begining in dec
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 150
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: G1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—15

    26—55

    55—200

    55—92

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    17

    —

    265

    1500

    —

    —

    20

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    2981

    Eunice

    Precip. and tem
    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01042
    Ap2—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct irregular mottles; weak medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 18 percent coarse spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01043
    Eg—26 to 55 centimeters (10.2 to 21.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 9.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 15 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01044
    Btg\E—55 to 92 centimeters (21.7 to 36.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) silty clay loam, silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct irregular and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium faint irregular mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 50 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coats on faces of peds; 15 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; 30 percent albic tongues (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P01045. continuous - phpvsfiid 179300; continuous - phpvsfiid 179300
    Btg1—92 to 127 centimeters (36.2 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) coarse faint irregular mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; firm; 9.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1) silt coats throughout and 19 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 40 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent coarse spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01046. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179302; patchy - phpvsfiid 179301; patchy - phpvsfiid 179303; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179302; patchy - phpvsfiid 179301; patchy - phpvsfiid 179303
    Btg2—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 22 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct irregular and 22 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 18 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coats on faces of peds and in pores; 18 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01047. continuous - phpvsfiid 179304; patchy - phpvsfiid 179305; continuous - phpvsfiid 179304; patchy - phpvsfiid 179305
    Btg3—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 22 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct irregular and 22 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent faint coats on faces of peds and in pores; 18 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01048. patchy - phpvsfiid 179306; patchy - phpvsfiid 179306
    2BC—200 to 271 centimeters (78.7 to 106.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine and medium prominent irregular and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct irregular mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct pressure faces on faces of peds; 15 percent coarse spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01049. patchy - phpvsfiid 179307; patchy - phpvsfiid 179307
    2C—271 to 296 centimeters (106.7 to 116.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01050