IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zalvidea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CA029002
  • User Pedon ID: 89CA029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0555
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61657
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.1938896
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2508316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet E and 75 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: S.W. Kern. 1 mile S and 1 mile W of Boswell Headquarters.
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, gypsic, thermic Typic Haplogypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zalvidea
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zalvidea
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Gypsiorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1989 (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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03081. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    By1—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03082. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    By2—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03083. effervescence is discontinuous
    By3—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03084. effervescence is discontinuous
    BCy—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and olive (5Y 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03085. effervescence is discontinuous
    2C—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; sand; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    3C—165 to 175 centimeters (65.0 to 68.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and olive (5Y 5/3), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog.