IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belgarra
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA019007
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA019007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0312
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58117
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 36.5313301
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5651550
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet S of dirt Rd 3 miles SE of Hudson Rd and I-5 overcrossing, 1150 feet E and 3 feet S of NW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, gypsic, thermic Gypsic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belgarra
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Belgarra
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1984 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    gypsic horizon

    0—25

    25—114

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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

    12

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    439

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    0

    30

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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay; 51 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct pressure faces; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Cracks 1.91 cm at surface. 5 percent gypsum content.; many pressure faces surface features; common very fine roots
    1A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay; 51 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct pressure faces; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01848. Cracks 1.27 cm at surface. 5 percent gypsum content.; many pressure faces surface features; common very fine roots
    1By1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; clay; 52 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent pressure faces; 30 percent coarse irregular gypsum masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01849. 50 percent of ped faces coated with gypsum. Cracks 1/10 inch. 10 percent gypsum.; many coarse masses of gypsum concentrations; few pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    1By2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 55 percent prominent pressure faces; 30 percent coarse irregular gypsum masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01850. 10 percent gypsum. 30 percent of ped faces coated with gypsum color.; many coarse masses of gypsum concentrations; many pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    1By3—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay; 40 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent pressure faces; 30 percent coarse irregular gypsum masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01851. 25 percent of ped faces coated with gypsum. 10 percent gypsum.; many coarse masses of gypsum concentrations; common pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    1C—114 to 183 centimeters (44.9 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay; 42 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine vesicular pores; 11 percent medium irregular gypsum masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P01852. 5 percent gypsum.; common medium masses of gypsum concentrations