IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eclipse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CA029003
  • User Pedon ID: 88CA029003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0949
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61067
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 34.8713875
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8855591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 220 feet NE of NE corner fence of fuel storage area and 1900 feet N and 1600 feet W of SE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eclipse
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Camborthids
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05156. 40% gravel 2-20 mm on surface; sampled for Lincoln lab; many very fine roots
    Bw—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05157. sampled for Lincoln lab; common clay films surface features; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    Cn1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    C1—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. most rock fragments have hard lime coating on bottom side; few very fine and fine roots
    C2—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05158. most rock fragments have hard lime coating on bottom side; sampled for Lincoln lab; few very fine roots
    Cn2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. most rock fragments have hard lime coating bottom side