IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ciervo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985CA019005
  • User Pedon ID: 85CA019005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0989
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57255
  • 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: 36.6366653
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4511108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 miles S and 250 feet W of center
  • 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 Xerertic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ciervo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ciervo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), thermic Typic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • 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: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (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—69

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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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    —

    75

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    90

    19

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    17

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    18

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    1Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05375; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Ap2—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05376; dry when described;. few very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1A—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05377; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1Ck—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 30 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05378; moist when described;. many medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 85P05379; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous