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: 11/24/2024

    • 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