IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Randsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CA029001
  • User Pedon ID: 88CA029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0947
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61065
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 34.8694458
  • Std. Longitude: -117.9100037
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 60 feet E of dirt road; 1800 feet E and 1050 feet N of SW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Randsburg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Randsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic To
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. few fine roots; many very fine roots
    C1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. gravel is dominantly 2-8 mm; few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    C2—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05152. no evidence of development in C2 horizon; this horizon was sampled for Lincoln lab; few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots
    2Crt—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); fragments. reddish brown strongly weathered granitic rock; has clay developed in place in upper 3 inches of Cr (mostly rock structure)