IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Armona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA031006
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA031006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0196
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55912
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 36.2416649
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8083344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 30 meters N and 30 meters W of NW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA031—Kings
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim Chang and Alan Terrell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Armona
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Armona
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous) Fluvaquentic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Classifier - Kim Chang and Allan Terrel
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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
  • Drainage Class: 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    salic horizon

    0—71

    28—160

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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

    —

    —

    63

    —

    180

    —

    —

    18

    28

    7

    16

    29

    8

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint carbonate coats on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01008; dry when described;. few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438116; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438116
    Ayz1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01009; moist when described;. few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine halite crystals concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438117; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438117
    Ayz2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01010; moist when described;. common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine halite crystals concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438118; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438118
    Ayz3—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals and 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01011; moist when described;. few fine halite crystals concentrations; few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438119; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438119
    2Byzg1—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, 80 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, dry; loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01012; moist when described;. few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine halite crystals concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; very few to few 7.5YR44 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438120; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438120
    2Byzg2—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); 99 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, 99 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01013; moist when described;. few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine halite crystals concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; very few to few 7.5YR44 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438121; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438121
    3Bzg1—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); 99 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, 99 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01014; moist when described;. few fine halite crystals concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; very few to few 7.5YR44 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438122; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438122
    3Bzg2—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, 80 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 85P01015; moist when described;. few fine halite crystals concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; very few to few 7.5YR44 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438123; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438123