IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mazourka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA027002
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0809
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59103
  • 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: 36.7916679
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1186142
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 36E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet W and 2200 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: 4 mi E of Independence.
  • State: California
  • County: CA027—Inyo
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Benedict
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mazourka
  • PSC - 2 to 52 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—71

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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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    1141

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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; gravelly loamy sand; 7 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04869; dry when described;. effervescence is continuous
    2BAtn—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; 11 percent clay; moderate very coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04870; dry when described;. few clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    2Btn—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains and 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04871; dry when described;. many clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine and medium roots; effervescence is continuous
    2BCtn1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; loamy coarse sand; 7 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains; 11 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04872; dry when described;. May be slightly cemented causing structure to stand out.; common coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; many clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    2BCtn2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 5 percent clay; strong coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04873; dry when described;. May be slightly cemented causing structure to stand out.; many clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    2Cn1—71 to 127 centimeters (28.0 to 50.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; gravelly coarse sand; 3 percent clay; strong coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 86P04874; dry when described;. May be slightly cemented causing structure to stand out.; effervescence is continuous
    2Cn2—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); coarse sand; fragments. Lab sample # 86P04875; dry when described;