IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lubkin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA027007
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA027007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0814
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59108
  • 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: 36.8086128
  • Std. Longitude: -118.2149963
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 34E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet E and 1100 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: 0.9 mi NW of Independence.
  • State: California
  • County: CA027—Inyo
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Benedict
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, thermic Xeralfic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lubkin
  • PSC - 21 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lubkin
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xeralfic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 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

    0—10

    21—87

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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

    6

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    1229

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    90

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    1A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04908; dry when described;. common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1Bt1—10 to 21 centimeters (3.9 to 8.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films between sand grains and 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04909; dry when described;. common clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1Bt2—21 to 40 centimeters (8.3 to 15.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04910; dry when described;. Most rock fragments are strongly weathered.; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine to coarse roots
    1Bt3—40 to 87 centimeters (15.7 to 34.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04911; dry when described;. Most rock fragments are strongly weathered.; many clay films surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Btk1—87 to 117 centimeters (34.3 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04912; dry when described;. Most rock fragments are strongly weathered.; many clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots; few fine roots
    2Btk2—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent clay films between sand grains; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04913; dry when described;. common clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots; few fine roots
    3Ck—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, dry; very gravelly sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and structureless single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 86P04914. Carbonate pendants on bottom of gravel and cobbles.; few very fine roots; few fine roots