IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Apollo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CA047001
  • User Pedon ID: 87CA047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0490
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59785
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 36.9819450
  • Std. Longitude: -120.9386139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet W and 1100 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: WEPP Rangeland site.
  • State: California
  • County: CA047—Merced
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim Chang and Steve Holzhey
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Apollo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Calcic Haploxerolls
  • PSC - 17 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • 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)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—37

    17—75

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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

    9

    —

    —

    152

    —

    270

    28

    —

    —

    16

    27

    7

    17

    28

    8

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    O—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 87P02584
    A1—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; loam; weak very fine platy structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02585; dry when described;. many very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02586; dry when described;. many very fine roots throughout
    Bt—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains and 37 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; 15 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); 27 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02587; dry when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221952; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221953; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221952; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221953
    Btk1—38 to 63 centimeters (15.0 to 24.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; 50 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); 30 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02588; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221954; continuous - phpvsfiid 221954
    Btk2—63 to 76 centimeters (24.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; 45 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); 53 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02589; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221955; continuous - phpvsfiid 221955
    2Cr1—76 to 110 centimeters (29.9 to 43.3 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3) exterior, olive (5Y 5/3) exterior, moist; loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02590; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots throughout
    2Cr2—110 to 131 centimeters (43.3 to 51.6 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3) exterior, olive (5Y 5/3) exterior, moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; 50 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P02591; dry when described;. Krotovinas about 38% of horizon and 7 to 20 cm in diameter.; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots throughout