IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tranquillity
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CA019013
  • User Pedon ID: 87CA019013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0275
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60396
  • 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: 36.8436127
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5986099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2640 feet S and 100 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paris, Arroues, Nazar, Cook, Goss, Herriman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Haploxererts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tranquillity
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ciervo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Entic Chromoxerert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    0—55

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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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    59

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    18

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    17

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    18

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    1Ap1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; strong fine granular, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01470; moist when described;. effervescence is continuous
    1Ap2—11 to 30 centimeters (4.3 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01471; moist when described;. Polygonal cracks about 2 mm to 2 cm wide about 15-20 cm apart extending from 11 to 58 cm, width of cracks decreasing with depth.; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Ap3—30 to 55 centimeters (11.8 to 21.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse and very coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01472; moist when described;. Polygonal cracks about 2 mm to 2 cm wide about 15-20 cm apart extending from 11 to 58 cm, width of cracks decreasing with depth.; few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1AC—55 to 82 centimeters (21.7 to 32.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; clay; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky, and strong coarse and very coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, nonintersecting slickensides throughout and 55 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 1 percent fine spherical gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01473; moist when described;. Some closed vertical cracks contain (10YR 2/1) decomposed plant remains. Slickensides are mostly intersecting.; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; many intersecting slickensides surface features throughout; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features throughout; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232505; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232506; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232505; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232506
    1Ck1—82 to 103 centimeters (32.3 to 40.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky, and strong very coarse wedge, and strong medium and coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent prominent , moist, nonintersecting slickensides throughout and 55 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 11 percent threadlike carbonate masses and 1 percent fine spherical gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01474; moist when described;. Slickensides are mostly intersecting.; common very fine and fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; many intersecting slickensides surface features throughout; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features throughout; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 232507; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232508; continuous - phpvsfiid 232507; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232508
    1Ck2—103 to 136 centimeters (40.6 to 53.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky, and moderate very coarse wedge, and moderate medium and coarse wedge structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent prominent , moist, nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 30 percent threadlike carbonate masses and 1 percent fine spherical gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01475; moist when described;. Slickensides are mostly horizontal and nonintersecting.; many very fine and fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; many nonintersecting slickensides surface features throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232509; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232509
    1Ck3—136 to 160 centimeters (53.5 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 1 percent fine spherical gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01476; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    1Ck4—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 88P01477; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is continuous