IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Torriorthents
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA029002
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0594
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58399
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 35.2772026
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4323273
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet S and 800 feet W of NE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. R., G. H., M. C.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over clayey, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Torriorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    30

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    348

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    90

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03418. common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    1A2—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03419. many very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    1C1—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03420. common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    1C2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03421. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    1Cy1—86 to 91 centimeters (33.9 to 35.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03422. The subordinate horizon designations will ve revised after the chemical analyses are complete. Differences in gypusm and lime content are due to stratificaction rather than development.; few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; many medium 10YR58 mottles
    1Cy2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior, olive (5Y 5/3) interior, moist; clay; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 11 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03423. The subordinate horizon designations will be revised after the chemical analyses is complete. Differences in gypsum and lime content are due to stratificaction rather than development.; common medium gypsum crystals concentrations; common fine 2.5Y54 mottles; common fine 2.5Y56 mottles
    1Cy3—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior and light gray (5Y 7/2) interior, olive (5Y 4/3) interior and olive (5Y 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay, clay; weak medium platy, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent medium gypsum masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03424. The subordiante horizon designations will be revised after the chemical analyses are complete. 107 to 132 cm layer finely stratified layers (0.3 to 8 cm) thick. Differences in gypsum and lime content are due to stratificaction rather than de; few medium masses of gypsum concentrations
    1C—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P03425. The subordinate horizon designations will be revised after the chemical analyses are complete.