IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kinder
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S79LA0970008
  • User Pedon ID: S79LA0970008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0126
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47356
  • 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: 30.5221672
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2841644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1.5 miles NW of Swords, 1 mile N of US Hwy 190, 525 feet W of N-S gravel Rd 200 feet W of drain.
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA097—St. Landry
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30092-E3—Chataignier, Louisiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Driessen and K. Murphy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kinder
  • Classificaton Date - 12/19/2011
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wrightsville
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00643
    Eg—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 fine vesicular pores; 11 percent fine prominent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P00644. Vertical seams of light brownish gray silt loam 5 to 20 mm thick occupy 10 percent of the volume
    Bt—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; prominent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine prominent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P00645. Few silt bodies and seams 2 to 10 mm thick between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 751286; continuous - phpvsfiid 751286
    Btg/Eg1—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; prominent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine prominent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P00646. Seams and bodies of silt loam up to 15 cm wide make up about 15 percent of volume; continuous - phpvsfiid 751287; continuous - phpvsfiid 751287
    Btg/Eg2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00647. Vertical seams of gray silt loam up to 15 cm wide make up about 25 percent of volume; patchy - phpvsfiid 751288; patchy - phpvsfiid 751288
    2Eg—91 to 99 centimeters (35.8 to 39.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P00648. Few very thin lamellae of grayish brown silt loam, discontinuous across pit face
    2Bg1—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00649. Few thin accumulations of barite
    2Bg2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint , moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00650. Many fine and medium and few coarse soft black nodules.; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds
    2Bkg1—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium dark nodules and 11 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00651
    2Bkg2—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) interior clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent medium dark nodules and 1 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 11 percent medium and coarse carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P00652