IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Excelsior
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA019031
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA019031
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986CA019031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0226
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59522
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 36.6225014
  • Std. Longitude: -120.6633301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1/4 mi on dirt Rd N of Panoche Rd. 10 feet N of dirt Rd.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Arroves and M. Valverde
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Excelsior
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Excelsior
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, calcareous, thermic Typic Tor
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATRIP

    BRRU2

    ERODI

    Atriplex

    Bromus rubens

    Erodium

    saltbush

    red brome

    stork's bill

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—25

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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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    166

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    45

    17

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    17

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    22

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01159; dry when described;. common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1A2—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01160; dry when described;. common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1C1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01161; dry when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1C2—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01162; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; few medium prominent 7.5YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    1C3—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01163; dry when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1C4—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01164; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1C5—117 to 124 centimeters (46.1 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; silt loam, stratified fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01165; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1C6—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; stratified silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01166; dry when described;. Stratified 2 to 20 mm layers of fine sandy loam and silt loam.; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous