IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Auberry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956-CA-10-006
  • User Pedon ID: 56-CA-10-006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956-CA-10-006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5610006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41289
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 37.0897522
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5049667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 6
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA654—Eastern Fresno Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37119-A5—Millerton Lake East, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JF, GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Auberry
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/12/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AUBERRY
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Geology: Acid Igneous formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/23/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CEANO

    Ceanothus

    ceanothus

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—30

    30—107

    107—

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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

    9

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    701

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    45

    559

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    5

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03621
    A2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 15 percent clay; medium subangular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03622
    BAt—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03623
    Bt—41 to 89 centimeters (16.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 63 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03624
    BCt—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; 86 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03625
    Cr—107 centimeters (42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) loamy coarse sand; 73 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 8 percent clay; massive; loose, loose; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # UCD03626