IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ciervo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985CA019003
  • User Pedon ID: 85CA019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0987
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57253
  • 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: 36.6300011
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3547211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1080 feet W and 900 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-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Vertic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ciervo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ciervo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), thermic Typic
  • 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: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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—43

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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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    —

    54

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    90

    19

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    17

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    18

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, dry; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05363; dry when described;. Cracks are 5 mm to 10 mm wide.; common very fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1A—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; clay; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05364; dry when described;. After drying one day cracks are 1 to 3 cm wide.; common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common very fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1C1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified and 30 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05365; moist when described;. After drying one day cracks are 1 to 3 cm wide.; common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; many medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219594; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219594
    1C2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified and 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05366; moist when described;. After drying one day cracks are 1 to 3 cm wide.; common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219595; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219595
    1C3—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05367; moist when described;. few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; many pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219596; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219596
    1C4—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 85P05368; moist when described;. few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; many pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine distinct 7.5YR42 mottles; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219597; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219597