IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Solano
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978CA095001
  • User Pedon ID: 78CA095001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0092
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46276
  • 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: 38.2282295
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9518814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 7 km E 2 km S of Fairfield NE corner
  • Location Description: Solano Co.CA.
  • State: California
  • County: CA095—Solano
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAB/GMK/LCL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Solano
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: very low
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1978 (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
    • Setting and Climate
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    1A12—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00479. many very fine and fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 5YR48 mottles
    1A22—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00480. many very fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 5YR34 mottles
    1B21t—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; strong coarse columnar structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00481. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    1B22t—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) black stains and clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 11 percent nonmagnetic shot and 11 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00482. common nonmagnetic shot concentrations; common plinthite segregations concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine roots
    1B23t—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) black stains and dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) black stains and 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent nonmagnetic shot and 30 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00483. Medium soft bodies and concretions of lime. Few slickensides.; many nonmagnetic shot concentrations; many plinthite segregations concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1B24t—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) black stains and dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) black stains and clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent plinthite nodules and 1 percent nonmagnetic shot; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P00484. Large soft bodies and concretions of lime.; few nonmagnetic shot concentrations; few plinthite segregations concentrations; continuous - phpvsfiid 213985; continuous - phpvsfiid 213985