IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA027006
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA027006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0813
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59107
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.7727776
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1616669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 35E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1550 feet N and 1400 feet E of SE corner
  • Location Description: 3 mi SE of Independence.
  • State: California
  • County: CA027—Inyo
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred Fischer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morey
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Winnedumah V
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • 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: poorly
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    13—163

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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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    1171

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    16

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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04901; dry when described;. Hydrophobic. Low bulk density ( 0.c%).; common very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1Bt1—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04902; dry when described;. Hydrophobic.; common very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1Bt2—43 to 67 centimeters (16.9 to 26.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04903; dry when described;. Commmon medium and coarse prismatic (7.5YR 5/8) dry and (7.5YR 4/6) moist mottles. Also in root channels. Hydrophobic.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bt3—67 to 119 centimeters (26.4 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse prominent mottles; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains and 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04904; dry when described;. Many pressure faces from 1/16 to 1/8 angular pebbles.; many clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine roots; many medium and coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2Bt4—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains and 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04905; dry when described;. Many pressure faces from 1/16 to 1/8 angular pebbles. Hydrophobic. Common medium prismatic (7.5YR 5/8) dry and (2.5YR 4/6) moist mottles in root channels and pores.; many clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine roots; common coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2Bt5—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04906; dry when described;. Hydrophobic. Many pressure faces on ped faces. Common medium prismatic (7.5YR 5/8) dry and (2.5YR 4/6) moist mottles in root channels and pores.; many clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine roots; common coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2Bt6—163 to 190 centimeters (64.2 to 74.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains and 55 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 86P04907; moist when described;. Many dead roots in root channels.; many clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine roots; common coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles