IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caplis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994LA015011
  • User Pedon ID: 94LA015011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0369
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67387
  • 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: 32.3941650
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6055527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA015—Bossier
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA015—Bossier Parish, Louisiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32093-D5—Sligo, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty over clayey, mixed, thermic Oxyaquic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caplis
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty over clayey, mixed, thermic Oxyaquic Udifluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1994
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21C
  • 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

    slickensides

    cambic horizon

    0—61

    61—140

    61—140

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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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    47

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) broken face very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02887
    C1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, black stains throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02888. patchy - phpvsfiid 181953; patchy - phpvsfiid 181953
    C2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, black stains throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02889. patchy - phpvsfiid 181954; patchy - phpvsfiid 181954
    2Bwssb1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, noncoherent, very sticky, moderately plastic; medium toughness; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) throughout and 20 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, black stains on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, pressure faces throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02890. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181955; continuous - phpvsfiid 181957; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181956; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181955; continuous - phpvsfiid 181957; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181956
    2Bwssb2—89 to 140 centimeters (35.0 to 55.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, noncoherent, very sticky, very plastic; medium toughness; very slow permeability; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) throughout and 10 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, pressure faces throughout; 2 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02891. 95P2892. Horizon separated for sampling purposes.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181958; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181959; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181958; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181959
    3C1—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium toughness; very slow permeability; 4 percent medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02893
    3C2—163 to 214 centimeters (64.2 to 84.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face silty clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium toughness; very slow permeability; 4 percent medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02894