IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961LA033003
  • User Pedon ID: S1961LA033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1356
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34964
  • 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: 30.6458340
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2833328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 39
  • PLSS Details: in NW 1/4, W 1/3 of oblong
  • Location Description: Mt. Pleasant, 500 feet S of Fontania Church. , approximately one mile S of SW of Port Hudson National Cemetery.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA033—East Baton Rouge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA033—East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.S. Allen, D.C. McMurtry, J.E. Seaholm, H.L. Clark, Wm. Upchurch, and S.A. Lytle
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loring
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Fragiudalfs
  • PSC - 33 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1961
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    30

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    1524

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    19.4

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4) coats in root channels and/or pores; 25 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3) masses of dark accumulation and 25 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A10353
    B11—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; 7 percent brown (10YR 5/3) mottles; weak medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 2 percent brown (10YR 5/3) masses of dark accumulation and 2 percent black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10354
    B12—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10355
    B2t—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10356. patchy - phpvsfiid 191512; patchy - phpvsfiid 191512
    Bx1—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10.0 fine pores; brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on faces of peds and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds and 15 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A10357
    Bx2—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3) mottles; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10.0 fine pores; brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 15 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A10358
    Bx3—107 to 155 centimeters (42.1 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10.0 fine pores; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on faces of peds and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 15 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10359. patchy - phpvsfiid 174834; patchy - phpvsfiid 174834