IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grangeville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA031004
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0194
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55910
  • 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: 36.2083321
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7833328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: About 30 meters S and 60 meters W of the NW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA031—Kings
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim Chang and Alan Terrell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grangeville
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Fluvaquentic Haploxerolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—24

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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

    —

    —

    64

    —

    170

    —

    —

    17

    24

    8

    16

    23

    7

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    1Ap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00994. common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous
    1C1—24 to 46 centimeters (9.4 to 18.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm by silica, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent irregular silica masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00995. Horizon has peds that are weakly cemented with lime or silica.; few soft masses of silica concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous
    1C2—46 to 62 centimeters (18.1 to 24.4 inches); 90 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, 90 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00996. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; common medium prominent 10YR46 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 230506; patchy - phpvsfiid 230506
    1C3—62 to 86 centimeters (24.4 to 33.9 inches); 90 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, 90 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00997. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; common medium prominent 10YR46 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 218099; patchy - phpvsfiid 218099
    1C4—86 to 101 centimeters (33.9 to 39.8 inches); 90 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, 90 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00998. few very fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1C4—101 to 134 centimeters (39.8 to 52.8 inches); 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) medium distinct and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00999. few very fine roots; many medium distinct 10YR36 mottles; many medium distinct 5YR44 mottles
    1C6—134 to 149 centimeters (52.8 to 58.7 inches); 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; sand; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) medium distinct and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments. Lab sample # 85P01000. few very fine roots throughout; many medium distinct 10YR36 mottles; many medium distinct 5YR44 mottles