IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Mazourka
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1986CA027001
User Pedon ID:
86CA027001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
86P0808
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
59102
Print Date:
11/13/2024
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:
36.7877769
Std. Longitude:
-118.1050034
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
13S
Range:
36E
Section:
19
PLSS Details:
1.6 miles S of Mazourka Canyon road on Long Pine NG road, 40 meters E NE 1/4 SE 1/4
State:
California
County:
CA027—Inyo
MLRA:
30—Mojave Basin and Range
PEDON
Describers Name:
Paul Benedict and Fred Fischer
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Natrargids
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Mazourka
PSC -
2 to 43 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eighth edition
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Mazourka
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Natrargid
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
7/1/1986
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eighth edition
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
intermontane basin
Landform:
terrace—stream or lake
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/1/1986 (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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
natric horizon
0—2
2—10
10—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
2
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1144
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13
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1A—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04863; dry when described;. few roots; effervescence is continuous
2BAtn—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular and 5.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; 37 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04864; dry when described;. common clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
2Btkn—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse platy, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04865; dry when described;. Stratified or bedded.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots; few fine and medium roots; effervescence is continuous
2BCtkn—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; carbonate coats on sand and gravel; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04866; dry when described;. few very fine roots; few fine and medium roots; effervescence is continuous
2C1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive, and weak coarse platy; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04867; dry when described;. few very fine roots; few fine roots
2C2—61 to 130 centimeters (24.0 to 51.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive, and weak coarse platy; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 86P04868; dry when described;. few very fine roots; few fine roots