IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tagus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CA107022
  • User Pedon ID: 88CA107022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988CA107022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0970
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61088
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 36.2741661
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4688873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1,400 feet E and 1,850 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: Western Tulare County, California. Backhoe pit in leveled cotton field. Nichols Ranch, 250 feet E of 2nd row of almond trees, about 0.3 mile N of Ave. 264.
  • 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: 36119-C4—Goshen, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Calcic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tagus
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tagus Ior
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lower alluvial fan
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: VELQ1-64C
  • 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

    GOSSY

    Gossypium

    cotton

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/1/1988

    51

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    13
    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

    0.5

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    AP1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 medium interstitial and 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05294; observed in pit, small
    AP2—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05295; observed in pit, small
    BK1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; worm casts lining pores and 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    BK2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; worm casts lining pores and 3 percent medium threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05296; observed in pit, small
    C—102 to 160 centimeters (40.2 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; worm casts lining pores and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6.; observed in pit, small