IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Helendale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA029020
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA029020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0625
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56891
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 35.6372070
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8036804
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet S and 2500 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JFR and ML
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Helendale
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Inyokern
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Duric Haplargid
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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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    752

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    45

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    1A—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03215. 2% gravel.; few to common very fine roots
    1Bt—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03216. 2% gravel.; few clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots
    1Btg—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03217. 2% gravel.; few clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots
    1Btk—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains and 37 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03218. 2% gravel.; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots
    1BCtkq—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03219. 2% gravel.; few clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots
    1C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P03220. 10% gravel; loose soil all around peds.; common very fine roots