IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lethent
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987CA019004
  • User Pedon ID: 1987CA019004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0763
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60058
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 36.2560644
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9951338
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19 south
  • Range: 18 east
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 60 feet west of the SE corner
  • Location Description: About 400 feet north of Highway 198 (Boston Ranch sign) and 60 feet west of Jameson Avenue. This site is ripped in most years.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA653—Fresno County, California, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36119-C8—Vanguard, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Arroues and P. Benedict
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lethent
  • PSC - 18 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lethent
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: barrier flat
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1987 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    natric horizon

    0—18

    18—48

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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

    0

    —

    —

    82

    —

    190

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    18

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    19

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; strong medium, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4117; dry when described;
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4118; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107842; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107843; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107842; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107843
    Bt2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4119; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107844; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107845; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107846; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107844; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107845; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107846
    Btkn—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4120; moist when described;. carbonate also occurs as filaments.
    Bkn—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4121; moist when described;. segregated carbonate is violently effervescent and also occurs as filaments.
    Bknz—112 to 183 centimeters (44.1 to 72.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; 1 percent 2.5Y 2/ (2.5Y 2/ fine prominent and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P4122; moist when described;. disseminated carbonate is also very slightly effervescent; segregated carbonate is strongly effervescent.