IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Polvadero
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA019035
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA019035
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986CA019035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0230
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59526
  • 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: 36.5841675
  • Std. Longitude: -120.6822205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet N and 500 feet E of the center
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Fry and K. Arroues
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Polvadero
  • PSC - 15 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Polvadero
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1986
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • 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—stream or lake
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ATPO

    BRMO2

    FEME

    Atriplex polycarpa

    Bromus mollis

    Festuca megalura

    cattle saltbush

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    annual fescue

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—15

    15—48

    15—48

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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

    3

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    231

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    20

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    1A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; strong very coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01187. Field lab E.C. = 0.36 mmhos/cm. Field lab S.A.R. = 1.0.; many very fine roots throughout
    1A2—2 to 13 centimeters (0.8 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01188; moist when described;. Field lab E.C. = 0.35 mmhos/cm. Field lab S.A.R. = 3.0.; common very fine roots throughout
    1E—13 to 15 centimeters (5.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01189; moist when described;. common very fine roots between peds
    1Btn—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01190; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221542; continuous - phpvsfiid 221542
    1Btkn—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01191; moist when described;. Field lab E.C. = 4.2 mmhos/cm. Field lab S.A.R. = 24.; many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221543; continuous - phpvsfiid 221543
    1Bkny1—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine lime masses and 30 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01192; moist when described;. Field lab E.C. = 15.1 mmhos/cm. Field lab S.A.R. = 33.; many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few very fine roots throughout
    1Bkny2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay loam; massive; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine lime masses and 30 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01193; moist when described;. Field lab E.C. = 10 mmhos/cm. Field lab S.A.R. = 26.; many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many fine masses of gypsum concentrations
    1Bkny3—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 tubular pores; 30 percent fine lime masses and 30 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01194; moist when described;. Field lab E.C. = 15 mmhos/cm. Field lab S.A.R. = 32.; many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many fine masses of gypsum concentrations
    1Bnyz—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, dry; clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 87P01195; moist when described;. Field lab E.C. = 15 mmhos/cm. Field lab S.A.R. = 32.; common fine masses of gypsum concentrations