IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gepford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA031008
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA031008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0198
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55914
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.2750015
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8499985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 61 meters N and 61 meters E of NE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA031—Kings
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim Chang and Alan Terrell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, thermic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gepford
  • PSC - 0 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gepford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), thermic Verti
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • 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
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods
  • 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—63

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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

    —

    150

    —

    —

    17

    27

    7

    17

    29

    8

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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, dry; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01025; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218121
    1A1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); black (5Y 2/1) interior, dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01026; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218122; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218122
    1A2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); black (5Y 2/1) interior, dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, dry; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01027; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218123; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218123
    1A3—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01028; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218124
    1C1—63 to 86 centimeters (24.8 to 33.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, dry; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01029; moist when described;. many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous
    1C2—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01030; moist when described;. many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; effervescence is discontinuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218125; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218125
    1Cg1—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01031; moist when described;. many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; effervescence is discontinuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218126; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218126
    1Cg2—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); 80 percent olive (5Y 5/3) interior, 80 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 85P01032; moist when described;. common fine lime nodules concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; very few to few 10YR44 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218127; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218127