IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alko
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA029005
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA029005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0624
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56890
  • 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: 35.7063713
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8286819
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 30 feet W dirt Rd
  • Location Description: 1/4 mi S of Siebenthal Rd. 400 feet E Brown Inyokern Rd.
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JFR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alko
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alko
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1984 (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
    • 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
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    706

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    90

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    1A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03208. 5% gravel; common very fine roots
    1A2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03209. 8% gravel.; few very fine roots
    1Ck1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03210. 14% gravel.; few very fine and fine roots
    1Ck2—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03211. 20% gravel; poor color match.; common very fine roots
    1Ckq1—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; sand; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03212. 28% gravel; poor color match.; few very fine roots
    1Ckq2—94 to 145 centimeters (37.0 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; sand; massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03213. 20% gravel; poor color match.; few very fine roots
    1C—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P03214. 28% gravel.; few very fine roots