IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lewkalb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA029001
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA029001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984CA029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0663
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54907
  • Print Date: 6/21/2024

    • 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: 35.6586113
  • Std. Longitude: -117.6358337
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 40E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: About 80 feet N of house with short wood lattice fence at 1402 Ticonderoga Ave. 800 feet W and 2,600 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: China Lake NWC near Ridgecrest between golf course and housing area.
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA668—Kern County, Northeastern Part, and Southeastern Part of Tulare County, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Duridic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lewkalb
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lewkalb
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Durorthidic Torrifluv
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: bottom lake plain
  • Landform: low terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 171
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FA

    2GA

    LATR2

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    Larrea tridentata

    Forb, annual

    Grass, annual

    creosote bush

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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

    1.5

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    678.1

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    315

    76

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    17.7

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03639
    C1—30 to 71 centimeters (11.8 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03640
    C2—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular and 0.1 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03641
    C3—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 5/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03642
    Ckq—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3), olive (5Y 5/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03643
    Ckqm—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # 84P03644