IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEMPHIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969LA045010
  • User Pedon ID: S1969LA045010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969LA045010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1347
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34955
  • Print Date: 5/5/2024

    • 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: 29.8891659
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9022217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 56
  • PLSS Details: 1.2 miles S of Avery Island toll gate, E end of Spanish Land Grant
  • Location Description: 400 feet S of road junction, top of hill between two lakes.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA045—Iberia
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA045—Iberia Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Slusher, Warren Lynn, Henry Clark, and Warren L. Cockerham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MEMPHIS
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Memphis
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/13/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    B23t

    B31

    2B32

    2B33

    64

    91

    155

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    B23t

    B31

    2B32

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    64

    91

    155

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    B23t

    B31

    2B32

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    64

    91

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CYNOD

    Cynodon

    Bermudagrass

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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

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10252
    B21t—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10253. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175338; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175338
    B22t—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10254. patchy - phpvsfiid 175340; patchy - phpvsfiid 175340
    B23t—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10255. this horizon is same as above with slightly more very fine sand.; patchy - phpvsfiid 175342; patchy - phpvsfiid 175342
    B31—91 to 155 centimeters (35.8 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent silt coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10256. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175343; patchy - phpvsfiid 175344; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175343; patchy - phpvsfiid 175344
    2B32—155 to 170 centimeters (61.0 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint and 10 percent light gray (5YR 7/1) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10257
    2B33—170 to 196 centimeters (66.9 to 77.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint and 10 percent light gray (5YR 7/1) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10258. this horizon is same as above; separated for sampling.
    3C—196 to 229 centimeters (77.2 to 90.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) clay; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10259