IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cahaba
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956LA105001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956LA105001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3990
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39632
  • 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: 30.7472229
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4950027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.25 miles N, .25 mile E of Amite, 400 ft. N of home on Dr. Faulkes' farm, T.4S., R.7E.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA105—Tangipahoa
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA105—Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marvin Lawson, Lester Loftin, and A.G. White
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cahaba
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    10—69

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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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    1575

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    20

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30567
    Bt1—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30568
    Bt2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30569
    Bt3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30570
    Bt4—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30571
    B—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse mottles; massive; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30572. many pinholes.
    C—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); coarse gravelly sandy loam; hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30573