IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): EXCELSIOR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CA107011
  • User Pedon ID: 88CA107011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988CA107011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0971
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61089
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 35.8666649
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5361099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet North and 200 feet East of SW corner
  • Location Description: Western Tulare County, California. 200 feet East of Kings-Tulare county line. About 4 miles WSW of Alpaugh.
  • State: California
  • County: CA107—Tulare
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA659—Tulare County, Western Part, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35119-G5—Hacienda Ranch, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous) Typic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - EXCELSIOR
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Excelsior
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic To
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: nearly level dune lake
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: VEGU1-46B
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    HORDE

    Hordeum

    barley

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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

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    C1—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 3 percent clay; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05297; observed in pit, small
    C2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy fine sand, very fine sandy loam; 3 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05298; observed in pit, small
    C3—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; loamy fine sand, very fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05299; observed in pit, small
    C4—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; very fine sand, very fine sandy loam, silt loam; 9 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine irregular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C5—145 to 185 centimeters (57.1 to 72.8 inches); 50 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) and 50 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), black (5Y 2/1) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; stratified stratified loamy fine sand to fine sandy loam to silt loam; 7 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter.; observed in pit, small