IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grazer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA019011
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA019011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0314
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58119
  • 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: 36.4566116
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5895996
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet E and 250 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: 1.3 mi SSW of Ciervo Mountain 1.8 mi N of Arroyo Hondo.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grazer
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grazer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    10—119

    —-

    —-
    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

    16

    —

    —

    894

    —

    180

    30

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. 1.8 percent of organic matter.; common very fine roots
    1BA—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent faint pressure faces; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. few pressure faces surface features; common very fine roots
    1Bt1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct pressure faces; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01856. Lab data shows organic matter to be 1.8 percent. Root mostly in cracks.; many pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    1Bt2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent pressure faces; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01857. Some white lime specks dry and moist. Few fine soft masses.; many pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    1BC—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent pressure faces; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Specks of dark gray (N 4/0) weathered shale fragments.; many pressure faces surface features
    1Cr1—119 to 183 centimeters (46.9 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and greenish gray (5GY 5/1) interior, moist; clay; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Strongly weathered clay shale.
    1Cr2—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Weathered soft clay shale.