Soil Series Atlas

Guyton soil series

Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftATopsoil0–15 cm · 0–6 inEg1Leached layer · gleyed: gray from wetness15–28 cm · 6–11 inEg2Leached layer · gleyed: gray from wetness28–58 cm · 11–23 inBtg/EMixed subsoil and leached layer · claybuild-up, gleyed: gray from wetness58–89 cm · 23–35 inBtg1Subsoil · clay build-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness89–117 cm · 35–46 inBtg2Subsoil · clay build-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness117–178 cm · 46–70 inCgParent material · gleyed: gray fromwetness178–203 cm · 70–80 in050100150200cmATopsoil0–15 cm · 0–6 inEg1Leached layer · gleyed:gray from wetness15–28 cm · 6–11 inEg2Leached layer · gleyed:gray from wetness28–58 cm · 11–23 inBtg/EMixed subsoil andleached layer · claybuild-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness58–89 cm · 23–35 inBtg1Subsoil · claybuild-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness89–117 cm · 35–46 inBtg2Subsoil · claybuild-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness117–178 cm · 46–70 inCgParent material ·gleyed: gray fromwetness178–203 cm · 70–80 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 203 cm (80 in), 7 horizons.

Alfisols — moderately leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil

Guyton is mapped on 2.30 million acres in 6 states, 26th nationally by area. No series covers more of Louisiana: it accounts for 5.5% of the state’s mapped soil. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Glossaqualfs. Among the 4,001 mapped Alfisols it is the 3rd-largest.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Poorly drained
Water movement
Slow

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Where Guyton is mapped

2,301,089 acres in 95 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahoma: 113,387 acresPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexas: 31,766 acresWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansas: 642,636 acresCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippi: 67,860 acresMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennessee: 4,581 acresUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisiana: 1,440,859 acresRhode Island

Share of all Guyton acres

  1. Louisiana63%
  2. Arkansas28%
  3. Oklahoma5%
  4. Mississippi3%
  5. Texas1%
  6. Tennessee0.2%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Louisiana 1st of 324 · 5.46%
  • Arkansas 9th of 359 · 2.04%

In the field

Drainage

Poorly drained

Drains fastStays wet

5 other atlas series are poorly drained, none of them Alfisols.

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Slow

SlowFast
Parent material
Unconsolidated sediments, sedimentary rock
Landform
Flood plains, terraces
Major land resource areas
133B, 152B
Type location
Louisiana

How it is classified

  1. OrderAlfisols
  2. SuborderAqualfs
  3. Great groupGlossaqualfs
  4. SubgroupTypic Glossaqualfs
  5. FamilyFine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Glossaqualfsfine-silty particle-size classsiliceous mineralogy classactive cation-exchange activity classthermic soil temperature regime

Against other Alfisols

Guyton makes up 0.83% of all mapped Alfisols — the 3rd largest of 4,001 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

178 cm over a median of 127 cm

Depth to the subsoil

58 cm over a median of 23 cm

Depth described

203 cm over a median of 156 cm

Its relatives

6 other established series share the family “Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Glossaqualfs”

  1. Guyton2.3 M
  2. Caddo315 k
  3. Evadale212 k
  4. Kinder169 k
  5. Prairieland90 k
  6. Caneyhead58 k
  7. Alikchi12 k

Other Alfisols in this atlas

  1. Guyton203 cm · Typic Glossaqualfs
  2. Amarillo251 cm · Aridic Paleustalfs
  3. Blount200 cm · Aeric Epiaqualfs
  4. Fayette185 cm · Typic Hapludalfs
  5. Loring165 cm · Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  6. Menfro203 cm · Typic Hapludalfs

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ATopsoil0–15 cm0–6 in15 cm
Eg1Leached layer: gleyed: gray from wetness15–28 cm6–11 in13 cm
Eg2Leached layer: gleyed: gray from wetness28–58 cm11–23 in30 cm
Btg/EMixed subsoil and leached layer: clay build-up, gleyed: gray from wetness58–89 cm23–35 in31 cm
Btg1Subsoil: clay build-up, gleyed: gray from wetness89–117 cm35–46 in28 cm
Btg2Subsoil: clay build-up, gleyed: gray from wetness117–178 cm46–70 in61 cm
CgParent material: gleyed: gray from wetness178–203 cm70–80 in25 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2018-08), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides