IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kimberlina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA031009
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA031009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0199
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55915
  • 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: 36.2833328
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7583313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 61 meters N and 91 meters W of SE 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, calcareous, thermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimberlina
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimberlina
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic To
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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: alluvial fan
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    0—71

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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

    —

    —

    68

    —

    180

    —

    —

    17

    28

    7

    18

    29

    8

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    —

    —

    —

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01033; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 218128; patchy - phpvsfiid 218128
    1A1—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01034; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 218129; patchy - phpvsfiid 218129
    1A2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01035; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 218130; patchy - phpvsfiid 218130
    1C1—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; fine sand; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01036; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; many medium distinct 10YR34 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 218131; patchy - phpvsfiid 218131
    1C2—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); 80 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01037; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; common medium prominent 10YR34 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 218132; patchy - phpvsfiid 218132
    1C3—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01038; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; many fine prominent 7.5YR44 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 218133; patchy - phpvsfiid 218133
    1C4—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 85P01039; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; many medium prominent 7.5YR44 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 218134; patchy - phpvsfiid 218134