IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guijarral
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CA019009
  • User Pedon ID: 87CA019009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987CA019009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0271
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60392
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 36.7869453
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7794418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 825 feet E and 1900 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 69 meters N of Little Panoche Rd on same surface.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paris, Arroues, Valverde, Cook, Goss, Nazar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Guijarral
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guijarral
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1987 (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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRMO2

    ERODI

    FEME

    Bromus mollis

    Erodium

    Festuca megalura

    stork's bill

    annual fescue

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    petrocalcic horizon

    0—17

    17—125

    125—175

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    157

    90

    18

    17

    18

    1A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate very coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01430; moist when described;. many very fine roots throughout
    1A2—4 to 17 centimeters (1.6 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01431; moist when described;. common very fine roots throughout
    1BAt—17 to 26 centimeters (6.7 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on sand and gravel and 55 percent faint coats on sand and gravel; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01432; dry when described;. Many irregular micro pores.; very few clay films surface features on sand and gravel; many coats surface features on sand and gravel; many very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 222840; continuous - phpvsfiid 222841; patchy - phpvsfiid 222840; continuous - phpvsfiid 222841
    1Bt1—26 to 37 centimeters (10.2 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 55 percent faint coats on sand and gravel and 55 percent faint clay films on sand and gravel; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01433; dry when described;. many clay bridging surface features between sand grains; many coats surface features on sand and gravel; many clay films surface features on sand and gravel; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222842; continuous - phpvsfiid 222844; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222843; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222842; continuous - phpvsfiid 222844; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222843
    1Bt2—37 to 55 centimeters (14.6 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint coats on sand and gravel and 55 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 55 percent faint clay films on sand and gravel; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01434; dry when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; many clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common coats surface features on sand and gravel; many clay films surface features on sand and gravel; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 222847; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222845; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222846; continuous - phpvsfiid 222847; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222845; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222846
    2Bt3—55 to 86 centimeters (21.7 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 37 percent faint clay films on sand and gravel; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01435; dry when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features on sand and gravel; very few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 222849; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222848; continuous - phpvsfiid 222849; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222848
    2Bt4—86 to 125 centimeters (33.9 to 49.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 15 percent faint carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 37 percent faint clay films on sand and gravel; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01436; dry when described;. Few thin carbonate coatings on underside of coarse fragments.; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features on sand and gravel; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on lower surfaces of peds or stones; effervescence is discontinuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 222851; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222850; patchy - phpvsfiid 222852; continuous - phpvsfiid 222851; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222850; patchy - phpvsfiid 222852
    2Bkqm1—125 to 165 centimeters (49.2 to 65.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; extremely hard by carbonates and silica; 55 percent distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01437; dry when described;. Cementation grades from strongly at the top of the horizon to wekaly at the bottom. Common medium (5 mm) pendants on underside of coarse fragments.; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on lower surfaces of peds or stones; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222853; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222853
    2Bkqm2—165 to 175 centimeters (65.0 to 68.9 inches); massive; extremely hard, indurated by carbonates and silica; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 88P01438; dry when described;. effervescence is continuous