IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lethent
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987CA019006
  • User Pedon ID: 1987CA019006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0765
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60060
  • 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: 36.2832856
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0473577
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19 south
  • Range: 18 east
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 400 feet east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 400 feet south of Stutz Avenue and 400 feet east of Goldenrod 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: 36120-C1—Calflax, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Arroues and P. Benedict
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lethent
  • PSC - 41 to 84 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—41

    64—114

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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

    —

    —

    87

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    190

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    18

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    19

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    Ap1—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 coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4130; dry when described;
    Ap2—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; moderate very coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4131; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107850; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107850
    Ap3—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4132; moist when described;. segregated carbonate is strongly effervescent.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107851; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107851
    Btkn1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P4133; moist when described;. carbonate also occurs as filaments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107852; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107853; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107852; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107853
    Btknz2—84 to 157 centimeters (33.1 to 61.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 21 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4134; dry when described;. carbonate also occurs as filaments. Several strata of silty clay loam (1-2cm thick) are present.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107854; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107854
    Bnz—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P4135; dry when described;