IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Auberry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978CA019002
  • User Pedon ID: 78CA019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0529
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46083
  • 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: 37.0954933
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5048523
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Fresno County, CA.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Auberry
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/2024
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Auberry
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—19

    19—35

    35—120

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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

    10

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    658

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    45

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled. Loose litter of forbs and oak leaves.
    A1—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; moderate coarse granular, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03069. many very fine roots
    A2—6 to 19 centimeters (2.4 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03070. few very fine and fine roots
    BA—19 to 35 centimeters (7.5 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03071. few fine and medium roots
    Bt1—35 to 73 centimeters (13.8 to 28.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 55 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay bridges on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 78P03072. many clay bridging surface features on faces of peds; common to many fine roots
    Bt2—73 to 121 centimeters (28.7 to 47.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent pressure faces on nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03073. few pressure faces surface features on nodules
    BC—121 to 156 centimeters (47.6 to 61.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; clay films between sand grains; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03074. Bridges of clay in B3 are concentrated in subvertical zones about 5 to 10 mm in diameter.; common very fine roots
    Cr—156 to 161 centimeters (61.4 to 63.4 inches); bedrock; moderately coherent; fragments. Lab sample # 78P03075. Bedrock weathered to grus.