IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CAPERTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959-CA-10-008
  • User Pedon ID: 59-CA-10-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5910008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41937
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.9590836
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2166367
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SW/4, WE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Entic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CAPERTON
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Entic Haploxerolls
  • 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: Acid Igneous Granitic Quartz D 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
    • 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

    20

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    640

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    135

    686

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    5

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD01331
    A11—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine granular parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01332
    A12—16 to 44 centimeters (6.3 to 17.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01333
    Cr—44 to 44 centimeters (17.3 to 17.3 inches); 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # UCD01334