Iberia soil series
The Iberia series consists of very deep, poorly drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in alkaline clayey alluvium. They are on backswamp positions flanking natural levees on older deta plains of the Mississippi River. Slope is dominantly less than 0.5 percent but ranges up to 1 percent. (Soil Survey of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana; by Donald R. McDaniel and Gerald J. Trahan, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Very-fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Epiaquerts
Thickness of the solum ranges from 40 to more than 80 inches. Cracks up to 1 inch wide develop to a depth of 20 inches or more during normal years and remain open for about 10 to 30 days.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for growing sugarcane and soybeans. A few areas are used for pasture and hardwood timber production.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Lower Mississippi River delta plain of Louisiana, Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium (MLRA 131). This series is of moderate extent. Series established in Iberia Parish, Louisiana; 1911.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/louisiana/LA10...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/I/IBERIA.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#iberia
Iberia soil series
The Iberia series consists of very deep, poorly drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in alkaline clayey alluvium. They are on backswamp positions flanking natural levees on older deta plains of the Mississippi River. Slope is dominantly less than 0.5 percent but ranges up to 1 percent. (Soil Survey of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana; by Donald R. McDaniel and Gerald J. Trahan, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Very-fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Epiaquerts
Thickness of the solum ranges from 40 to more than 80 inches. Cracks up to 1 inch wide develop to a depth of 20 inches or more during normal years and remain open for about 10 to 30 days.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for growing sugarcane and soybeans. A few areas are used for pasture and hardwood timber production.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Lower Mississippi River delta plain of Louisiana, Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium (MLRA 131). This series is of moderate extent. Series established in Iberia Parish, Louisiana; 1911.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/louisiana/LA10...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/I/IBERIA.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#iberia