IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Exclose
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CA019028
  • User Pedon ID: 87CA019028
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987CA019028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0280
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60401
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.7336121
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7574997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet E and 800 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 66 feet E of Panoche Mountain Road.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.H. Paris and K.D. Arroues
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Calcixerollic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Exclose
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Exclose
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Calcixerollic Xerochrep
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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 - 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

    FEME

    Bromus mollis

    Festuca megalura

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    annual fescue

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—26

    17—26

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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

    47

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    530

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    45

    25

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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); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01513; moist when described;. common very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1A2—6 to 17 centimeters (2.4 to 6.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01514; moist when described;. many fine roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Bw—17 to 26 centimeters (6.7 to 10.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; loam; strong coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01515; moist when described;. common fine roots; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Bk1—26 to 47 centimeters (10.2 to 18.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine threadlike lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01516; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine roots; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Bk2—47 to 68 centimeters (18.5 to 26.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 11 percent fine threadlike lime masses and 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01517; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Bk3—68 to 102 centimeters (26.8 to 40.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; loam; weak fine and medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium threadlike lime masses and 11 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01518; moist when described;. common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Bk4—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine threadlike lime masses and 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01519; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1C—135 to 200 centimeters (53.1 to 78.7 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 88P01520; moist when described;. very few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous