IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carrizo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CA071004
  • User Pedon ID: 81CA071004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0380
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49224
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 34.2738876
  • Std. Longitude: -114.3572235
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet W and 1800 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: San Bernardino County, 2 1/2 mi W of Parker, AZ.
  • State: California
  • County: CA071—San Bernardino
  • MLRA: 31—Lower Colorado Desert

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.C. Herriman, D.M. Hendricks, W.D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carrizo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carrizo
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Torriort
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    1

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    47

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    102

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    4

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    C1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02065. 80% fine and medium pebbles; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    C2—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02066. 80% fine and medium pebbles; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    C3—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; granular structure; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P02067. few fine roots
    C4—64 to 104 centimeters (25.2 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02068. 70% fine and medium lime coated pebbles; few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    C5—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02069. 65% fine and medium lime coated pebbles; effervescence is continuous
    C6—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; extremely gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P02070. 75% fine and medium lime coated pebbles; effervescence is continuous