IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atravesada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA019017
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA019017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0311
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58116
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 36.3374481
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5876465
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: approximately 700 feet south and 500 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Fresno County, CA; 2700 feet W of San Benito County line, 1.14 mi NW of Atlas asbestos mine, 5000 feet NW of Spanish Lake.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, magnesic, mesic, shallow Typic Argixerolls
  • 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 #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atravesada
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atravesada
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Typic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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: 11/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    32

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    1437

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    270

    46

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Slightly decomposed leaves from scrub oak, manzanita, and yerba-santa.
    A—1 to 16 centimeters (0.4 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 5.5 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01845. 10 percent gravel, and 4 percent flat serpentine hard rock fragments, 8 to 30 m in size. 5 percent organic matter.; many very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    Bt—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P01846. 10 percent gravel, and 4 percent flat serpentine hard rock fragments, 8 to 30 m in size.; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many clay films surface features between sand grains; many very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    Cr1—31 to 42 centimeters (12.2 to 16.5 inches); fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P01847. Soft serpentine with about 30 percent asbestos.
    Cr2—42 to 70 centimeters (16.5 to 27.6 inches); fragments. Soft serpentine with less than 10 percent asbestos.