IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keithville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000LA079001 (Camp La.)
  • User Pedon ID: S2000LA079001
  • User Site Association ID: LA604
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0359
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13129
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 31.4173889
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2719727
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Louisiana
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31092-D3—Green Gables, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Cooley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, thermic Glossaquic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keithville
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keithville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Glossaq
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/14/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy and clayey coastal plain sediments
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/14/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—28

    28—198

    43—79

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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

    1

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.8 medium and 2.0 fine pores; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) sand coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P02163
    E—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.8 medium and 2.0 fine pores; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P02164
    Bt—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine roots; 3 percent faint clay films throughout; masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent fine and medium irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/6) throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02165. patchy - phpvsfiid 170165; patchy - phpvsfiid 170165
    Bt/E1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam, very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 5 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; masses of oxidized iron and masses of oxidized iron and clay depletions; 1 percent fine and medium irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/6) throughout and 1 percent fine and medium irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) throughout and 12 percent fine and medium dendritic pale brown (10YR 6/3) between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02166. patchy - phpvsfiid 170166; continuous - phpvsfiid 170167; patchy - phpvsfiid 170166; continuous - phpvsfiid 170167
    Bt/E2—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam, very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine pores; 1 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; clay depletions and masses of oxidized iron and masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine irregular red (2.5YR 4/6) throughout and 1 percent medium irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6) throughout and 25 percent medium and coarse dendritic light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02167. patchy - phpvsfiid 170168; continuous - phpvsfiid 170169; patchy - phpvsfiid 170168; continuous - phpvsfiid 170169
    Bt/E3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay loam, very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 2.0 fine pores; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 12 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; clay depletions and masses of oxidized iron and masses of oxidized iron and iron depletions and masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine irregular red (2.5YR 5/6) throughout and 3 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) throughout and 1 percent fine and medium irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) throughout and 1 percent medium irregular red (2.5YR 5/6) throughout and 12 percent medium and coarse dendritic pale brown (10YR 6/3) between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02168. patchy - phpvsfiid 170170; continuous - phpvsfiid 170171; patchy - phpvsfiid 170170; continuous - phpvsfiid 170171
    2Bt—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 2.0 fine pores; 3 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine irregular red (2.5YR 4/8) throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02169. patchy - phpvsfiid 170172; patchy - phpvsfiid 170172
    2Btg1—104 to 140 centimeters (40.9 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; iron depletions and masses of oxidized iron and masses of oxidized iron and masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine irregular weakly coherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/8) throughout and 1 percent fine threadlike yellowish red (5YR 5/6) in cracks and 1 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P02170. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170173; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170173
    2Btg3—140 to 198 centimeters (55.1 to 78.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 fine pores; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; masses of oxidized iron and masses of oxidized iron and masses of oxidized iron and masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/6) throughout and 3 percent fine dendritic yellowish red (5YR 5/8) in cracks and 1 percent fine irregular moderately coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) throughout and 1 percent medium irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/6) throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 01P02171. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170174; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170174