IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nahrub
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985CA019002
  • User Pedon ID: 85CA019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0986
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57252
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 36.6319427
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3333359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet W and 200 feet S of NE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kerry Arroues and Steve Fedje
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, thermic Vertic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nahrub
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nahrub
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillontic (calcareous), thermic Vertic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (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—61

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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

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    —

    51

    —

    90

    19

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    17

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    18

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, dry; silty clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05357; dry when described;. Cracks are 30 mm wide.; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1A1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05358; moist when described;. Cracks are 2 mm to 1 cm wide.; common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219589; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219589
    1A2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05359; moist when described;. Cracks are 2 mm to 5 mm wide.; common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219590; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219590
    1C1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, dry; clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces throughout; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05360; moist when described;. Cracks are 2 mm wide.; few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common pressure faces surface features throughout; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219591; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219591
    1C2—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior, dry; clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces throughout; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05361; moist when described;. Cracks are 2 mm wide.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common pressure faces surface features throughout; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219592; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219592
    1C3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, dry; clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct pressure faces throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 85P05362. common pressure faces surface features throughout; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219593; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219593