IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Academy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CA019042
  • User Pedon ID: 87CA019042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59925
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 36.8669434
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5627747
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 22E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet E and 200 feet N of SW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim Chang
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 42
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Academy
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • PSC - 21 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—21

    21—97

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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

    8

    —

    —

    146

    —

    90

    36

    —

    —

    17

    27

    7

    18

    28

    8

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    1Ap1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; loam; moderate medium cloddy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03316; dry when described;. many very fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—4 to 21 centimeters (1.6 to 8.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03317; dry when described;. common very fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—21 to 39 centimeters (8.3 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03318; dry when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232199; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232199
    1Bt2—39 to 65 centimeters (15.4 to 25.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03319; dry when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232200; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232200
    1Bt3—65 to 97 centimeters (25.6 to 38.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; sandy clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03320; moist when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232201; continuous - phpvsfiid 232201
    1C—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03321. Weakly to moderatley consolidated sediments mainly from basic igneous rock, very hard, firm, very few roots with lime in the seams, clay films coat some fo the cracks in the upper part of this horzion.