IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Los Banos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CA019011
  • User Pedon ID: 87CA019011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987CA019011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0273
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60394
  • 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: 36.7866669
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7883301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet W and 275 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paris, Arroues, Cook, Goss, Nazar, Amundson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Los Banos
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Los Banos
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxeralf
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • 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: 1.45 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

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    stork's bill

    annual fescue

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    petrocalcic horizon

    0—6

    19—157

    157—167

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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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    177

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    45

    20

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    17

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    18

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    1A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01450; moist when described;. many very fine roots throughout
    1BAt—6 to 19 centimeters (2.4 to 7.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent faint clay films between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01451; dry when described;. Some sand grains are clean with a leached appearance.; few coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few clay films surface features between sand grains; many very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 222854; patchy - phpvsfiid 222855; patchy - phpvsfiid 222856; patchy - phpvsfiid 222854; patchy - phpvsfiid 222855; patchy - phpvsfiid 222856
    2Bt1—19 to 47 centimeters (7.5 to 18.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; black (5YR 2/1), moist, coats and 37 percent prominent very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01452; moist when described;. Continuous thin clay skins in pores and on ped faces. Few moderately thick bridges between sand grains.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features throughout; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232485; patchy - phpvsfiid 232485
    2Bt2—47 to 63 centimeters (18.5 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; black (5YR 2/1), moist, coats and 55 percent prominent very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01453; moist when described;. Many thin clay skins in pores and as bridges. Coatings on sand grains and few moderately thick bridges between sand grains.; many manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features throughout; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232487; patchy - phpvsfiid 232487
    2Bt3—63 to 82 centimeters (24.8 to 32.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; black (5YR 2/1), moist, coats and 37 percent prominent very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01454; moist when described;. Many thin clay skins in pores and as bridges and coats on sand grains. Few moderately thick bridges between sand grains.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features throughout; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232489; patchy - phpvsfiid 232489
    2Bt4—82 to 97 centimeters (32.3 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; black (5YR 2/1), moist, coats and 15 percent distinct very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01455; moist when described;. Common thin clay skins in pores and as bridges and coatings on sand grains. Few moderately thick and thick bridges and coatings on sand grains.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232491; patchy - phpvsfiid 232491
    2Bt5—97 to 128 centimeters (38.2 to 50.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01456; moist when described;. Common thin clay skins in pores and as bridges and coatings on sand grains. Very few moderately thick bridges and coatings on sand grains.
    2Bt6—128 to 157 centimeters (50.4 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01457; moist when described;. Common thin clay skins in pores and as bridges and coatings on sand grains. Very few moderately thick bridges and coatings on sand grains.
    2Bqkm—157 to 167 centimeters (61.8 to 65.7 inches); weathered bedrock; massive; extremely hard, indurated by carbonates and silica; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 88P01458. About 85-90% of the cemented material dissolved when soaked in 10% HCL.; effervescence is continuous