IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wrightsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006LA119001
  • User Pedon ID: S2006LA119001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006LA119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0859
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18915
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 32.5654182
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4068298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 10 W.
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2500 ft. SE. of NW. section 9 corner.
  • Location Description: About 10 miles west of Minden on National Guard Camp Minden Site. 400 ft. SE of maintanence building, 150 ft. west of woods road/tank trafficability study site. SE1/4 of NW1/4, sec. 9, T.18 N, R. 10 W.
  • Map Unit: Wr—Wrightsville silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA119—Webster
  • MLRA: 133B—Western Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: LA119—Webster Parish, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Guillory
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wrightsville
  • PSC - 38 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wrightsville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, thermic Typic Glossaqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LIST2

    PITA

    QUNI

    TORA2

    VIRO3

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus nigra

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Vitis rotundifolia

    sweetgum

    loblolly pine

    water oak

    eastern poison ivy

    muscadine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—9

    9—38

    38—102

    102—213

    —4—

    —15—

    —32—

    —56—
    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

    0.5

    46

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    65.5

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    113

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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silt loam; 25 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 20.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 06N03707; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    EgB—9 to 38 centimeters (3.5 to 15.0 inches); 90 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and 10 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face silt loam; 22 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 8.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 23 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03708; moist when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 327057; patchy - phpvsfiid 327057
    Btg/E1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 55 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; 5 percent albic tongues and 25 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 5 percent albic tongues and 25 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03709; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 327058; continuous - phpvsfiid 327058
    Btg/E2—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); 90 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds; 52 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; 12 percent albic tongues and 25 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 12 percent albic tongues and 25 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03710; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 327059; continuous - phpvsfiid 327059
    2Btg1—102 to 128 centimeters (40.2 to 50.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay; 10 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 8.0 medium roots between peds and 8.0 fine roots between peds; 26 percent faint silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 53 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 18 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, barite crystals; fragments; 1 percent lamina (volume percent); 1 percent lamina (lateral area percent); clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03711; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 327060; continuous - phpvsfiid 327061; continuous - phpvsfiid 327060; continuous - phpvsfiid 327061
    2Btg2—128 to 152 centimeters (50.4 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay; 10 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 fine roots between peds; 26 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 18 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, barite crystals; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03712; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 327062; continuous - phpvsfiid 327062
    2Btg3—152 to 179 centimeters (59.8 to 70.5 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay; 10 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 30 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, barite crystals; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03713; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 327063; continuous - phpvsfiid 327063
    2Btg4—179 to 213 centimeters (70.5 to 83.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay; 10 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 26 percent faint pressure faces on top faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 23 percent coarse prominent masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 06N03714; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327064; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327064