IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Vernalis
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1978CA099000
User Pedon ID:
78CA099000
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
79P0094
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
46278
Print Date:
11/23/2024
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:
37.4349174
Std. Longitude:
-121.1249008
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
6S
Range:
8E
Section:
6
PLSS Details:
About 3.2 km W of Davis Rd. and 95 meters S of Marshall Rd. NE corner NE 1/4
Location Description:
Stanislaus County, CA.
State:
California
County:
CA099—Stanislaus
MLRA:
17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
PEDON
Describers Name:
JCM/GLH/LCL
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Calcixerollic Xerochrepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Vernalis
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Vernalis
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1978
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
upland slope
Runoff:
low
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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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1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00493. many medium roots; many very fine roots
1A12—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 5.5 medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00494. many very fine roots
1B21—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loam, clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00495. Lower part slightly calcareous with disseminated lime.; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many very fine roots
1B22—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00496. Slighlty calcareous lime mainly disseminated occasional filaments.; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
1C—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; clay loam, loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P00497. Strongly calcareous with disseminated lime.; few very fine roots