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:
11/21/2024
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
—
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