IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CA019041
  • User Pedon ID: 87CA019041
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0489
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59784
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 37.0086098
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9486084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet W and 600 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: WEPP sandy loam cropland site.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim Chang and Steve Holzhey
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 41
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • PSC - 30 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • 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
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—80

    30—100

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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

    6

    —

    —

    104

    —

    90

    30

    —

    —

    16

    27

    6

    17

    28

    7

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    1Ap1—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) exterior, moist; sandy loam; cloddy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02573; dry when described;. few fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—19 to 30 centimeters (7.5 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P02574; moist when described;. few fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; 65 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); 70 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (lateral area percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02576; moist when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221946; continuous - phpvsfiid 221946
    1Ap3—30 to 80 centimeters (11.8 to 31.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P02575; moist when described;. few fine roots throughout
    1Bt2—46 to 65 centimeters (18.1 to 25.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; 80 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); 90 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (lateral area percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02578; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221947; continuous - phpvsfiid 221947
    1Bt3—65 to 80 centimeters (25.6 to 31.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; 90 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); 95 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (lateral area percent); moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02580; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221948; continuous - phpvsfiid 221948
    1Bm—65 to 130 centimeters (25.6 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02583; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221951; continuous - phpvsfiid 221951
    1Bt4—80 to 148 centimeters (31.5 to 58.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02581; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221949; continuous - phpvsfiid 221949
    1Bt5—148 to 167 centimeters (58.3 to 65.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P02582; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221950; continuous - phpvsfiid 221950