IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CAHABA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945LA061002
  • User Pedon ID: S1945LA061002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4118
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40310
  • 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: 32.5319443
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4983368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 20
  • Location Description: 3.2 miles E of Choudrant. an old abandoned field or small cut-over area at E edge of low terrace, 10-20 feet above flood plain of a stream, N of US Hwy 80.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA061—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA061—Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.T. Alexander, I.L. Martin, A.E. Shearin, R.W. Simonson, M.B. Sturgis, and E.H. Templin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CAHABA
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cahaba
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1945
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1945 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    135

    1270

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    18

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31464. pinholes and wormholes are common.
    A2—17 to 32 centimeters (6.7 to 12.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31465. pinholes and wormholes are common; few cores of darker material extend down from the overlying horizon into this one; dark yellowish brown moist soil is slightly lighter when crushed.
    A3—32 to 41 centimeters (12.6 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31466. pinholes and wormholes are common; small worm pellets of darker material are common throughout the entire layer; moist yellowish red soil is slightly lighter crushed.
    B21t—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31467. pinholes and wormholes are common; moist yellowish red soil is slightly lighter crushed.
    B22t—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31468. few pinholes and wormholes.
    B23t—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3), dry; silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine faint and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31469. few pinholes and wormholes.
    B3—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and pale yellow (5Y 7/4) sandy clay loam; pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) medium distinct and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct and pale yellow (5Y 7/4) medium distinct mottles; weak subangular blocky, and massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31470. few strata of sandy loam in the horizon; pinholes are few; dry colors are comparable to those of the overlying horizon.