IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monvero
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA019012
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA019012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984CA019012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0249
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59545
  • 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: 36.4838905
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5641632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet E and 1250 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Ciervo Mnt. Quad.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. Nazar, S. Fedje, and O. Howard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monvero
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monvero
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Typic Xeropsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1984 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRMO2

    BRRU2

    Bromus mollis

    Bromus rubens

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    red brome

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—15

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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

    26

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    859

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    225

    20

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    17

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    20

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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; loamy sand; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01229; dry when described;. many very fine roots
    1A2—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described;. many very fine and fine roots
    1C1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01230; moist when described;. common very fine roots
    1C2—58 to 78 centimeters (22.8 to 30.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;. few very fine roots
    1C3—78 to 105 centimeters (30.7 to 41.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary.; moist when described;. few fine and medium roots
    2C4—105 to 152 centimeters (41.3 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter.; moist when described;. few very fine roots