IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bonn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97LA033005-Bonn
  • User Pedon ID: 97LA033005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0456
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10139
  • 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: 30.6970692
  • Std. Longitude: -90.9468842
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 S.
  • Range: 3 E.
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1325 feet north and 950 east of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 1.25 miles east of State Capitol on U.S. Highway 110, then 13.35 miles northeast on State Highway 67 to Fred, La., then 7.5 miles east on State Highway 64, then 7 miles north on State Highway 409, then 1.66 miles east on Pride-Baywood Road, then 175 feet south of road into pasture along west fenceline.
  • Map Unit: BoA—Bonn silt, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA033—East Baton Rouge
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA033—East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30090-F8—Pride, Louisiana
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Doug Slabaugh and Charles Guillory
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Vermic Natraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bonn
  • PSC - 57 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/19/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bonn
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Thin Peoria loess deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Geology: Peoria Loess Deposits On Pleistocene Age Terraces formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/22/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    natric horizon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—57

    12—57

    57—260

    57—260

    169—260

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    0.5

    30

    150

    1600

    276

    19.8

    LA0549

    Baton Rouge WSO AP

    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt; 9 percent sand; 85 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 4.0 fine pores; 5 percent prominent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2702; observed in trench
    Eg1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 8 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine and fine roots; 4.0 fine pores; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P2703; observed in trench
    Eg2—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 82 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 fine pores; 15 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, clay depletions between peds and 30 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; 70 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P2704; observed in trench
    Btng—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 4 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 52 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P2705; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121189; continuous - phpvsfiid 121188; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121189; continuous - phpvsfiid 121188
    Btcng—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine pores; 5 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent fine prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 30 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P2706; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121190; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121190
    B'tng1—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 75 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine pores; 5 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 5 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses and 8 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P2707; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 121192; patchy - phpvsfiid 121192
    B'tng2—145 to 170 centimeters (57.1 to 66.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 7 percent sand; 75 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine pores; 5 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P2708; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121194; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121194
    2E/Btng1—170 to 198 centimeters (66.9 to 78.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior silt loam; 7 percent sand; 76 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine pores; 5 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses between peds and 10 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 30 percent medium distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P2709; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121195; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121195
    2E/Btng2—198 to 229 centimeters (78.0 to 90.2 inches); 70 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior silt loam; 8 percent sand; 73 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine pores; 5 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron between peds and 10 percent medium prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds and 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P2710; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121196; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 121196
    2E/Btng3—229 to 259 centimeters (90.2 to 102.0 inches); 70 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior silt loam; 9 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron between peds and 5 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay depletions between peds and 10 percent medium prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses between peds and 30 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 97P2711; observed in trench