IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Auberry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: very deep
  • User Site ID: S1959-CA-10-002
  • User Pedon ID: 59-CA-10-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5910002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41932
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.9721260
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2335663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 15
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA750—Sierra National Forest Area Parts of Fresno, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36119-H2—Sacate Ridge, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JF, GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Auberry
  • PSC - 23 to 73 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 - 2/6/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Granitic Quartz Diorite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/6/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—23

    23—102

    173—

    —23—

    —79—

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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

    38

    —

    —

    488

    —

    762

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    —

    5

    —

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    —

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); 10YR 2 (10YR/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 13 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01109
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 13 percent clay; medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01110
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 57 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01111
    Bt2—41 to 102 centimeters (16.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 64 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01112
    BCt—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 18 percent clay; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01113
    C—127 to 173 centimeters (50.0 to 68.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 12 percent clay; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01114
    Cr—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # UCD01115